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<blockquote>Has he <b>disciplined</b> Aufidius soundly? <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To inflict ecclesiastical censures and penalties upon.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- To train; form; teach; instruct; bring up; regulate; correct; chasten; chastise; punish.</syn>

<h1>Discipliner</h1> <Xpage=420>

<hw>Dis"ci*plin*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who disciplines.</def>

<h1>Disclaim</h1> <Xpage=420>

<hw>Dis*claim"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Disclaimed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Disclaiming</er>.]</wordforms>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To renounce all claim to deny; ownership of, or responsibility for; to disown; to disavow; to reject.</def>

<blockquote>He calls the gods to witness their offense; <b>Disclaims</b> the war, asserts his innocence. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>He <b>disclaims</b> the authority of Jesus. <i>Farmer.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To deny, as a claim; to refuse.</def>

<blockquote>The payment was irregularly made, if not <b>disclaimed</b>. <i>Milman.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>To relinquish or deny having a claim; to disavow another's claim; to decline accepting, as an estate, interest, or office.</def>

<i>Burrill.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- To disown; disavow; renounce; repudiate.</syn>

<h1>Disclaim</h1> <Xpage=420>

<hw>Dis*claim"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To disavow or renounce all part, claim, or share.</def>

<i>Blackstone.</i>

<cs><mcol><col>Disclaim in</col>, <col>Disclaim from</col></mcol>, <cd>to disown; to disavow. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Nature <i>disclaims in<i> thee."</cd></cs>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Disclaimer</h1> <Xpage=420>

<hw>Dis*claim"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>One who disclaims, disowns, or renounces.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A denial, disavowal, or renunciation, as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate.</def>

<i>Burrill.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A public disavowal, as of pretensions, claims, opinions, and the like.</def>

<i>Burke.</i>

<h1>Disclamation</h1> <Xpage=420>

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