disowneth

English

Verb

disowneth

1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative of disown
   • a. 1649, Samuel Crooke, edited by C. B. and W[illiam] G[arret], Τα Διαφεροντα, or Divine Characters in Two Parts, […], London: […] A. B. […], published 1658, page 475:

     If jeſting once go beyond Piety, ſo that God be diſhonoured; beyond charity, that his neighbour be wronged, or beyond comlineſſe, that his wiſdom and gravity be called into queſtion and himſelf diſgraced, he preſently diſowneth and leaveth it.

   • 1652, R[ichard] B[axter], A Friendly Accomodation in the Fore-Debated Controversie Between M^r. Bedford, and the Author: Wherein Is Manifested That the Differences, Are Few and Small; and Those Continued with Mutual Respect and Love, London, page [346]:

     IT was my deſire to have reviſed this Appendix, and have corrrected^[sic] all harſher offenſive paſſages, and blotted out whatſoever Mr. B. diſowneth or hath ſince recalled, which is here mentioned as his Words; […]

   • 1678, Tho[mas] Tenison, Of Idolatry: A Discourse, in Which Is Endeavoured a Declaration of, Its Distinction from Superstition; […], London: […] Francis Tyton […], page 273:

     Such Images, therefore, the Council of Trent expreſly diſowneth, profeſſing the ſpirituality, inviſibility, and infinity of God, which nothing viſible can repreſent.