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Forisfamiliate
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
Literally, to put out of a family; hence, to portion off, so as to exclude further claim of inheritance; to emancipate (as a with his own consent) from paternal authority. Blackstone.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To renounce a legal title to a further share of paternal inheritance.