abrogate
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
abrogate (abrogates, present participle abrogating; past and past participle abrogated)
- (transitive, law) 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. [First attested in the early 16th century.]
- 1660, Robert South, “The Scribe instructed, &c.”, in Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume 2, page 252 ↗:
- But let us look a little further, and see whether the New Testament abrogates what we see so frequently used in the Old.
- 1660, Robert South, “The Scribe instructed, &c.”, in Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume 2, page 252 ↗:
- (transitive) To put an end to; to do away with. [First attested in the early 16th century.]
- (molecular biology, transitive) To block a process or function.
- (to annul by authoritative act) abolish, annul, countermand, invalidate, nullify, overrule, overturn, quash, repeal, rescind, retract, reverse, revoke, set aside, supersede, suspend, undo, veto, void, waive, withdraw
- (to put an end to) abjure, annihilate, cancel, dissolve, do away with, end, obliterate, obviate, recant, subvert, terminate, vitiate, wipe out
- German: abschaffen
- Portuguese: ab-rogar, anular, revogar
- Russian: аннули́ровать
- Spanish: abrogar, derogar
- German: zunichte machen, aufheben, rückgängig machen
abrogate (not comparable)
- (archaic) Abrogated; abolished. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]
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