abnegate
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From the Latin abnegatus, past participle of abnegare, formed from ab- + negare "to deny".
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abnegate (third-person singular simple present abnegates, present participle abnegating, simple past and past participle abnegated)
- (transitive) To deny (oneself something); to renounce or give up (a right, a power, a claim, a privilege, a convenience).
- 1898 December 10, Asbell v. State, reported in The Pacific Reporter, volume 55, page 339:
- To compel a state, upon theories of doubtful statutory interpretation, to appear as defendant suitor in its own courts, and to litigate with private parties as to whether it had abnegated its sovereignty of exemption, would be intolerable.
- 1898 December 10, Asbell v. State, reported in The Pacific Reporter, volume 55, page 339:
- (transitive) To reject, to deny.
- 1875 January, Brownson's Quarterly Review, page 20:
- All ancient and modern histories of nations abnegate God.
- 1875 January, Brownson's Quarterly Review, page 20:
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to deny oneself something
to reject, to deny
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- Bulgarian: отричам, отхвърлям, отказвам (се от)
- Vietnamese: nhịn, bỏ, từ bỏ, từ chối không nhận
[edit] Latin
[edit] Verb
abnegāte
- first-person plural present active imperative of abnegō
