abolish

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English

Etymology

From late Middle English abolisshen, from Middle French abolir, aboliss- (extended stem),[1] from Latin abolēre (“to retard, check the growth of, (and by extension) destroy, abolish”), inchoative abolēscere (“to wither, vanish, (Classical) cease”),[2] probably from ab (“from, away from”) + *olēre (“to increase, grow”) which is found only in compound.[3]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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  1. To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice. [First attested from around 1350 to 1470.][4]
    Slavery was abolished in the nineteenth century.
    • 2002, William Schabas, The abolition of the death penalty in international law, Cambridge University Press, title:
      The abolition of the death penalty in international law
  2. (archaic) To put an end to or destroy, as a physical object; to wipe out. [First attested from around 1350 to 1470.][4]
    • (Can we date this quote?), Edmund Spenser, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      And with thy blood abolish so reproachful blot.
    • (Can we date this quote?), Alfred Tennyson, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      His quick instinctive hand Caught at the hilt, as to abolish him.

Conjugation

Conjugation of abolish
infinitive (to) abolish
present tense past tense
1st-person singular abolish abolished
2nd-person singular
3rd-person singular abolishes
plural abolish
subjunctive abolish abolished
imperative abolish —
participles abolishing abolished

Synonyms

Antonyms

  • (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice): establish, found

Derived terms

terms derived from Latin “abolēre”

Translations

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References

  1. ^ “abolisshen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2018, retrieved 20 October 2019.
  2. ^ Laurence Urdang (editor), The Random House College Dictionary (Random House, 1984 [1975], →ISBN), page 4
  3. ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 4
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abolish”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 6.
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