Abrogate \Ab"ro*gate\, a. [L. abrogatus, p. p.]
Abrogated; abolished. [Obs.] --Latimer.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Abrogate \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.
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Let us see whether the New Testament abrogates what
we so frequently see in the Old. --South.
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Whose laws, like those of the Medes and Persian,
they can not alter or abrogate. --Burke.
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2. To put an end to; to do away with. --Shak.
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Syn: To abolish; annul; do away; set aside; revoke; repeal;
cancel; annihilate. See Abolish.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
abrogate
v : revoke formally
WordNet (r) 2.0
42 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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