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English
Etymology
From Latin dis- + terra (“earth, country”); compare Spanish and Portuguese desterrar.
Pronunciation
Verb
dister (third-person singular simple present disters, present participle disterring, simple past and past participle disterred)
- (obsolete) To banish or drive from a country.
- March 1 1621, James Howell, letter to Dr. Francis Mansel
- many thousands were disterred and banished hence to Barbary
References
“dister”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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