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Abrogate Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Abrogate? [v] revoke formally Synonyms \| Synonyms for Abrogate: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Abrogate: abate \| abolish \| annihilate \| annul \| blot out \| bring to naught \| cancel \| countermand \| counterorder \| disannul \| discharge \| dissolve \| do away with \| extinguish \| invalidate \| make void \| negate \| negative \| nullify \| obliterate \| override \| overrule \| quash \| recall \| recant \| renege \| repeal \| rescind \| retract \| reverse \| revoke \| ruin \| set aside \| suspend \| undo \| vacate \| vitiate \| void \| waive \| withdraw \| wreck \| write off See Also \| abolish \| get rid of Abrogate In Webster's Dictionary \Ab"rogate\, a. [L. abrogatus, p. p.] Abrogated; abolished. [Obs.] --Latimer. \Ab"rogate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abrogated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Abrogating}.] [L. abrogatus, p. p. of abrogare; ab + rogare to ask, require, propose. See {Rogation}.] 1. 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. Let us see whether the New Testament abrogates what we so frequently see in the Old. --South. Whose laws, like those of the Medes and Persian, they can not alter or abrogate. --Burke. 2. To put an end to; to do away with. --Shak. Syn: To abolish; annul; do away; set aside; revoke; repeal; cancel; annihilate. See {Abolish}.

Abrogate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Abrogate?

[v] revoke formally

Synonyms | Synonyms for Abrogate:

See Also | abolish | get rid of

Abrogate In Webster's Dictionary

\Ab"ro*gate\, a. [L. abrogatus, p. p.]
Abrogated; abolished. [Obs.] --Latimer.


\Ab"ro*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abrogated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Abrogating}.] [L. abrogatus, p. p. of abrogare; ab +
rogare to ask, require, propose. See {Rogation}.]
1. 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.

         Let us see whether the New Testament abrogates what
         we so frequently see in the Old.      --South.

         Whose laws, like those of the Medes and Persian,
         they can not alter or abrogate.       --Burke.

2. To put an end to; to do away with. --Shak.

Syn: To abolish; annul; do away; set aside; revoke; repeal;
     cancel; annihilate. See {Abolish}.

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