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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Disavow \Dis`a*vow"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disavowed}; p. pr & vb n. {Disavowing}.] [F. d['e]savouer; pref. d['e]s- (L. dis-) + avouer to avow. See {Avow}, and cf {Disavouch}.] 1. To refuse strongly and solemnly to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for approbation of and the like to disclaim; to disown; as he was charged with embezzlement, but he disavows the crime. A solemn promise made and disavowed. --Dryden. 2. To deny; to show the contrary of to disprove. Yet can they never Toss into air the freedom of my birth, Or disavow my blood Plantagenet's. --Ford.
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