Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for FO-RIS-FA-MIL'IATE
FO-RIN'SE-CALFO-RIS-FA-MIL-I-A'TION
FO-RIS-FA-MIL'IATE, v.t. [L. foris, without, and familia, family.]
To renounce a legal title to a further share of paternal inheritance. Literally, to put one's self out of the family. El. of Criticism.
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