Dis/a-vow', v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. DISAVOWED; p. pr. & vb. n. DISAVOWING.] [Prefix dis and avow, q. v.; Fr. désavouer.]
Sense 1. To refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like; to disclaim; to disown; to disallow; as, he was charged with embezzlement, but he disavows the fact.
Sense 2. To deny; to show the contrary of; to disprove.
Yet can they never Toss into air the freedom of my birth, Or disavow my blood Plantagenet's. Ford.