abrogate
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin abrogātus, perfect passive participle of abrogō, formed from ab + rogō (“ask, inquire, propose a law”). See rogation.
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Adjective
abrogate (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Abrogated; abolished. - Hugh Latimer
[edit] Verb
abrogate (third-person singular simple present abrogates, present participle abrogating, simple past and past participle abrogated)
- (transitive) To annul by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or her or his successor; to repeal; -- applied to the repeal of laws, decrees, ordinances, the abolition of customs, etc.
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- Let us see whether the New Testament abrogates what we so frequently see in the Old. - Robert South
- Whose laws, like those of the Medes and Persian, they cannot alter or abrogate. - Edmund Burke
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- (transitive) To put an end to; to do away with.
[edit] Synonyms
- abjure
- abolish
- annihilate
- annul
- cancel
- countermand
- dissolve
- do away with
- end
- invalidate
- nullify
- obliterate
- obviate
- overrule
- overturn
- quash
- recant
- repeal
- rescind
- retract
- reverse
- revoke
- set aside
- subvert
- supersede
- suspend
- terminate
- undo
- veto
- vitiate
- void
- waive
- wipe out
- withdraw
[edit] Related terms
[edit] Translations
to annul by an authoritative act
to put an end to
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[edit] External links
- abrogate at OneLook Dictionary Search
- abrogate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
[edit] Italian
[edit] Verb
abrogate
- second-person plural present indicative of abrogare
- second-person plural imperative of abrogare
- Feminine plural of abrogato
[edit] Latin
[edit] Verb
abrogāte
- first-person plural present active imperative of abrogō
