abolere

Latin

Verb

abolēre

1. inflection of aboleō:
   1. present active infinitive
   2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin abolēre, present active infinite of aboleō (“I retard, destroy, abolish”), from both ab- (“away, from, off”), from Latin ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) + and from *oleō (“I grow”), from Proto-Italic *oleō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂oléye-, from *h₂el- (“to grow, nourish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abʊˈleːrə/

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• Rhymes: -eːrə
• Hyphenation: a‧bo‧le‧re

Verb

abolere (passive aboleres, imperative aboler, present tense abolerer, simple past abolerte, past participle abolert, present participle abolerende, verbal noun abolering)

1. (literary, rare, transitive) to abolish (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)

   Synonyms: avskaffe, gjøre ende på, fjerne

   • 1918, Henrik Wergeland, Samlede Skrifter V,1, page 261:

     den ved senere erklæringer formentlig modificerede og i aarenes løb i sig selv abolerede tirade «spreta juvenili levitate»

     the tirade «spreta juvenili levitate», which was probably modified by later declarations and over the years in itself abolished in itself

Related terms

• abolisjon (“exemption from punishment”)

References

• “abolere” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Anagrams

• boreale