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DISESTABLISH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does disestablish mean?
• DISESTABLISH (verb)
The verb DISESTABLISH has 1 sense:
1. deprive (an established church) of its status
Familiarity information: DISESTABLISH used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they disestablish ... he / she / it disestablishes
Past simple: disestablished
Past participle: disestablished
-ing form: disestablishing
... he / she / it disestablishes Past simple: disestablished
Past participle: disestablished
-ing form: disestablishing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Deprive (an established church) of its status
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "disestablish" is one way to...):
deprive; impoverish (take away)
Domain category:
church; church service (a service conducted in a house of worship)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
disestablishment (the act terminating an established state of affairs; especially ending a connection with the Church of England)
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