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Definition of Disgracing
1. disgrace [v] - See also: disgrace
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disgracing
Literary usage of Disgracing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by Sir William Wilson Hunter (1885)
"... well at a distance—stands upon seven hills; everywhere colleges, churches,
and glorious structures; but many houses disgracing it with their ruins. ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law of Criminal Evidence: Including the Rules Regulating by Harry Clay Underhill (1898)
"Cross-examination—Incriminating and disgracing questions. —The accused, when
testifying in his own behalf, waives many of the peculiar constitutional ..."
3. The Life and Correspondence of Rufus King: Comprising His Letters, Private by Rufus King (1900)
"... Estimation—Vice-President wants Dignity— Randolph fit for Bedlam—C. King to
King—Randolph disgracing the Senate—Will sail for Europe— Special Minister ..."
4. The Correspondence of King George the Third with Lord North from 1768 to 1783 by George (1867)
"... military man can have insinuated to Lord North the placing another commander
in Ireland instead of Sir John Irwin; such a measure would he disgracing an ..."
5. Rationale of Judicial Evidence, Specially Applied to English Practice by Jeremy Bentham (1827)
"V.—Of self-oner ative, self-disgracing, and self-discrediting evidence. 1.
Self-oner ative evidence. The distinction between self-criminative testimony and ..."
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