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1disown — UK [dɪsˈəʊn] / US [dɪsˈoʊn] verb [transitive] Word forms disown : present tense I/you/we/they disown he/she/it disowns present participle disowning past tense disowned past participle disowned to say that you no longer want to be connected with… …
2disown — [[t]dɪso͟ʊn[/t]] disowns, disowning, disowned VERB If you disown someone or something, you say or show that you no longer want to have any connection with them or any responsibility for them. [V n] The man who murdered the girl is no son of mine …
3disown — dis|own [ dıs oun ] verb transitive to say that you no longer want to be connected with someone or something, for example because you are ashamed of them: I think my parents would disown me if I ever got a tattoo …
4disown — [dɪsˈəʊn] verb [T] to say that you no longer want to be connected with someone or something I think my parents would disown me if I ever got a tattoo.[/ex] …
5disown — dis|own [dısˈəun US ˈoun] v [T not in progressive] to say that you no longer want to be connected with someone or something, especially a member of your family or something that you are responsible for ▪ Frankly, I m not surprised her family… …
6disown — verb (transitive not in progressive) to say that you no longer have any connection with someone or something; repudiate (3): Frankly, I m not surprised her family disowned her …
7disclaim — disclaim, disavow, repudiate, disown, disallow mean to refuse to admit, accept, or approve. Disclaim implies re fusal to admit or accept a claim, but it may apply specifically to a legal claim one has upon property or to a title {the son… …
8A More Perfect Union (speech) — This article is about the 2008 speech by Barack Obama. For other uses, see A More Perfect Union (disambiguation). A More Perfect Union was viewed on YouTube over 1.2 million times within the first 24 hours of its posting. A More Perfect Union [1] …
9HOSEA, BOOK OF — HOSEA, BOOK OF, the first of the 12 books that make up the minor prophets . Everything points to this book s having been produced in the kingdom of israel and redacted, after the fall of that state, in Judah; and this makes it a valuable source… …
10Barack Obama: A More Perfect Union (2008) — ▪ Primary Source In March 2008, in the midst of his campaign for the U.S. presidency, Barack Obama (Obama, Barack) came under fire for his association with Jeremiah Wright, the fiery minister of Obama s church, Trinity United Church of… …