forisfamiliate

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verb

To renounce a legal title to a further share of paternal inheritance.

OriginLate Latin forisfamiliatus →
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Meanings

verbforisfamiliate (third-person singular simple present forisfamiliates, present participle forisfamiliating, simple past and past participle forisfamiliated)

present singular third person forisfamiliates · participle present forisfamiliating · participle past forisfamiliated · past forisfamiliated

  1. intransitiveobsoletelawTo renounce a legal title to a further share of paternal inheritance.
  2. obsoletetransitivelawOf a father: to put (a son or daughter) in possession of land which the son or daughter accepts as their whole portion of the father's property.

Origin

  1. Late Latinforisfamiliatus
  2. Englishforisfamiliate

From Late Latin forisfamiliatus, past participle of forisfamiliare (“to forisfamiliate”).

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APA

forisfamiliate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forisfamiliate

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“forisfamiliate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forisfamiliate. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “forisfamiliate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forisfamiliate.

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