abdicate

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Related terms 1.3.4 Translations 1.4 Shorthand 1.5 References 2 Italian 2.1 Verb form

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Latin abdicātus, perfect passive participle of abdicō (“‘abdicate’”), formed from ab + dicō (“‘proclaim, dedicate’”), akin to dīcō (“‘say’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP)
  • IPA: /ˈæbdɪkeɪt/
• (US)
  • SAMPA: /{bdIkEt/

[edit] Verb

to abdicate (third-person singular simple present abdicates, present participle abdicating, simple past and past participle abdicated)

1. (transitive) To surrender, renounce or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; as, to abdicate the throne, the crown, the papacy.

   Note: The word abdicate was held to mean, in the case of James II, to abandon without a formal surrender.

   • The cross-bearers abdicated their service. - Edward Gibbon
   • He abdicates all right to be his own governor. - Edmund Burke
   • The understanding abdicates its functions. - James Anthony Froude
2. (transitive) (obsolete) To reject; to cast off. - Bishop Joseph Hall
3. (transitive) (law) To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit.
4. (intransitive) To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity; to renounce sovereignty.
   • Though a king may abdicate for his own person, he cannot abdicate for the monarchy. Edmund Burke

[edit] Synonyms

• (surrender, renounce, or relinquish): give up, relinquish, renounce, quit, vacate, surrender, relent
• (reject; cast off): forsake, abandon, desert, renounce, relent
• (disclaim and expel from family; disown; disinherit): forsake, give up
• (relinquish or renounce a high office or sovereignty): relinquish, renounce, resign, quit, give up, vacate, relent

[edit] Derived terms

• abdicable
• abdicant
• abdicator

[edit] Related terms

• abdication

[edit] Translations

• Macedonian: се одкажува (se odkažuva)
• Slovak: vzdať sa (úradu), odstúpiť, zriecť sa

[edit] Shorthand

• Gregg (Version: Centennial,Series 90,DJS): a - b - d - e - k - a - t

(Version: Simplified,Anniversary,Pre-Anniversary): a - b - d - e - k

[edit] References

• abdicate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Verb form

abdicate

1. second person plural present tense of abdicare
2. second person plural imperative of abdicare