disaffirm

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

DISAFFIRM, verb transitive disafferm. [dis and affirm.] 1. To deny; to contradict. 2. To overthrow or annul, as a judicial decision, by a contrary judgment of a superior tribunal.
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