abrogate
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin abrogatus, past participle of abrogare, which is formed from ab + rogare "to ask", "to inquire", "to propose a law". See rogation.
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abrogate (not comparable)
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- (obsolete) Abrogated; abolished. - Hugh Latimer
[edit] Verb
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to 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 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
- abolish
- annihilate
- annul
- cancel
- dissolve
- do away with
- end
- nullify
- obviate
- overrule
- overturn
- repeal
- rescind
- revoke
- set aside
- terminate
- void
- invalidate
- vitiate
- undo
- reverse
- retract
- suspend
- recant
- veto
- countermand
- supersede
- obliterate
- subvert
- wipe out
- quash
- abjure
- withdraw
- waive
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[edit] Translations
to annul by an authoritative act
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to put an end to
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[edit] Italian
[edit] Verb
abrogate
- Second-person plural present tense of abrogare.
- Second-person plural imperative of abrogare.
- Feminine plural of abrogato.
