DISCLAIMED

Verb

disclaimed

simple past tense and past participle of disclaim

Source: Wiktionary


DISCLAIM

Dis*claim", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disclaimed; p. pr. & vb. n. Disclaiming.]

1. To renounce all claim to deny; ownership of, or responsibility for; to disown; to disavow; to reject. He calls the gods to witness their offense; Disclaims the war, asserts his innocence. Dryden. He disclaims the authority of Jesus. Farmer.

2. To deny, as a claim; to refuse. The payment was irregularly made, if not disclaimed. Milman.

3. (Law)

Definition: To relinquish or deny having a claim; to disavow another's claim; to decline accepting, as an estate, interest, or office. Burrill.

Syn.

– To disown; disavow; renounce; repudiate.

Dis*claim", v. t.

Definition: To disavow or renounce all part, claim, or share. Blackstone. Disclaim in, Disclaim from, to disown; to disavow. [Obs.] "Nature disclaims in thee." Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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