disavouch

English

Etymology

From dis- +‎ avouch. Compare disavow.

Verb

disavouch (third-person singular simple present disavouches, present participle disavouching, simple past and past participle disavouched)

1. (transitive) To disavow.
   • 1595, Samuel Daniel, “(please specify the folio number)”, in The First Fowre Bookes of the Ciuile Wars between the Two Houses of Lancaster and Yorke, London: […] P[eter] Short for Simon Waterson, →OCLC:

     And thereupon they flatly disavouch
     Te yield him more Obedience

References

“disavouch”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.