disgrade

English

Etymology

dis- +‎ grade

Verb

disgrade (third-person singular simple present disgrades, present participle disgrading, simple past and past participle disgraded)

1. (obsolete) To degrade.
   • 1563 March 30 (Gregorian calendar), John Foxe, Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes, […], London: [...] Iohn Day, […], →OCLC:

     disgrade him from his first tonsure

2. (transitive) To deprive of rank or status.

Related terms

• disgradation

References

“disgrade”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.