Forisfamiliated

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Forisfamiliate \Fo`ris*fa*mil"i*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Forisfamiliated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Forisfamiliating}.] [LL.
     forisfamiliatus, p. p. of forisfamiliater to forisfamiliate;
     L. foris abroad, without + familia family.] (LAw)
     Literally, to put out of a family; hence, to portion off, so
     as to exclude further claim of inheritance; to emancipate (as


     a with his own consent) from paternal authority.
     --Blackstone.
     [1913 Webster]