disbench

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verb

To drive from a bench or seat.

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Meanings

verbdisbench (third-person singular simple present disbenches, present participle disbenching, simple past and past participle disbenched)

present singular third person disbenches · participle present disbenching · participle past disbenched · past disbenched

  1. transitiveTo drive from a bench or seat.

    My words disbenched you not.

    c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]
  2. UKtransitivelawTo deprive (a bencher) of his privileges.

    The benchers also have the power to disbench and disbar for misconduct.

    1991, John H. Baker, The Inner Temple: A Brief Historical Description

Origin

From dis- + bench.

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APA

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MLA

“disbench.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disbench. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disbench,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disbench.

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