All 3 Uses of
disclaim
in
The Iliad by Homer - (translated by: Pope)
- I trusted in the gods, and you, to see Brave Greece victorious, and her navy free: Ah, no—the glorious combat you disclaim, And one black day clouds all her former fame.†
Book 13
- So may he perish, so may Jove disclaim The wretch relentless, and o'erwhelm with shame!†
Book 14 *
- "Great is the profit (thus the god rejoin'd) When ministers are blest with prudent mind: Warn'd by thy words, to powerful Jove I yield, And quit, though angry, the contended field: Not but his threats with justice I disclaim, The same our honours, and our birth the same.†
Book 15
Definition:
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(disclaim) to deny (responsibility for, knowledge of, or ownership of)