Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To refuse to acknowledge; disown.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To refuse to acknowledge; to deny; to disown.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
refuse toacknowledge orrecognize something; todisavow ordeny .
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Examples
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Ultimately, to disacknowledge the use of wonder as a representation of what one sees as wonderful about the world is, I think, a disregard of its primary purpose, as basic a folly as if one considered all expressions of empathy a mask for cruelty.
Bukiet on Brooklyn Books Hal Duncan 2009
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We keep ourselves within our Line; a just dependence upon, and subjection to, your Majesty, according to our Charter, it is far from our Hearts to disacknowledge.
The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775 Julian Hawthorne 1890
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"It is not, I presume, probable," said he, "that you will accept from the hands of the bishop a piece of preferment with a fixed predetermination to disacknowledge the duties attached to it."
Barchester Towers Anthony Trollope 1848
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Charter, it is far from our hearts to disacknowledge.
The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2. From 1620-1816 Egerton Ryerson 1842
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As for the manner of our denying the deity of Christ here prohibited, I conceive, it was by words and oral expressions verbally to deny and disacknowledge it.
Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. I. 1634-1716 1823
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I discard you for ever -- I disinherit -- I disacknowledge you.
Japhet in Search of a Father Frederick Marryat 1820
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I discard you for ever -- I disinherit -- I disacknowledge you.
Japhet, in Search of a Father Frederick Marryat 1820
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We all must not astray for this year to focus how to disacknowledge by international and not participated by NLD and all groups from internal on coming 2010 election.
unknown title 2009
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“that you will accept from the hands of the bishop a piece of preferment with a fixed predetermination to disacknowledge the duties attached to it”
Barchester Towers 2004
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Circumstances have made them dependent on you, and you certainly are not the man to disacknowledge the burden. "
The Bertrams Anthony Trollope 1848
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