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desavower (c.1136-65)
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desavower (c.1136-65)

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desavoer,  desavouer,  desavuer;  dessavower,  disavower,  dissavower;  dessavouer,  disavouer  (desawoyer  Folies (G) 28)  
  FEW:  advocare 24,201b Gdf:  desavouer 2,542b GdfC:  desavouer 9,314b TL: desavöer 2,1476 DEAF:  avoër (desavoër)  DMF:  désavouer  TLF: ∅ OED:  disavow v.  MED:  disavouen v.  DMLBS:  disadvocare 675a

v.trans.

1to disavow, disown: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  La doctrine de seinte eglise Vunt chalengant e sa justise. Se (l. Sé) fiz se tenent nequedent, Ne la desavoent n[i]ent  Salemon 7366
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Lur Seignur desavuerent, E [...] le mistrent ariere dos  S Clem ANTS 5203
( MS: s.xiii3/3 )  Sire, jeo dessavou cele jumente que onques ne la vi avant ore  Court Bar (S) 63
♦lawto repudiate, recall: 
( 1338 )  Nota q’un appellour desavowa soun appelle, q’il le fit par duresse  YBB 11-12 Ed III 627
( 1384 )  Et purtant qe le dit pessoner desavouast en partie sa dite accusation  Rot Parl1 iii 169
♦lawto disavow, refuse to acknowledge: 
( 1356 )  si les dites justices desavowent lour dit recorde [...]  King’s Bench vi 107
( 1388 )  poet estre qe le record qe les autres ount mys avaunt n’est pas le record et auximent qe les autres voillent disavower cest record  YBB 12 Rich II 25
2lawto disallow, declare invalid: 
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  Endreit  (ed. En dreit) de faus brefs ou brefs desavowez ou brefs de faux jugement  BRITT i 33
( 1319 )  (Bereford C.J.)desavowa l’essone  YBB Ed II xxv 143

sbst. inf.

lawdisavowal: 
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  en cas ou destreyndre et disavouer porrount estre ensemble  BRITT i 281
desavower (a)
lawto disavow: 
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  et disavowe tener de soen seignur  BRITT i 281
( MS: s.xiv1/4 )  et pleinement desavowa (var. (H2: 1307-27) dedit) a tenir de lui  Nov Narr 62
( 1340 )  il desavowa et desclama outrément a tenir de lui  YBB 14-15 Ed III 15

See also:

avouer2 
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