abdicate
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin abdicātus, perfect passive participle of abdicō (“‘abdicate’”), formed from ab + dicō (“‘proclaim, dedicate’”), akin to dīcō (“‘say’”).
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to abdicate (third-person singular simple present abdicates, present participle abdicating, simple past and past participle abdicated)
- (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
- (transitive) (obsolete) To reject; to cast off. - Bishop Joseph Hall
- (transitive) (law) To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit.
- (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
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[edit] Translations
to surrender or relinquish
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to reject
to disinherit
to renounce a throne
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- 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] Verb form
abdicate
- second person plural present tense of abdicare
- second person plural imperative of abdicare