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abrogate en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈæ.bɹə.ɡət/ (UK)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈæb.ɹəˌɡət/ (US)
  • ă.bʹrə.gət (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *h₃roǵósder. Proto-Indo-European *preḱ-der. Proto-Italic *prokos Latin procus Latin procō Latin rogō Latin abrogō Latin abrogātusder. Middle English abrogat English abrogate First attested in 1526, from Middle English abrogat (“abolished”), from Latin abrogātus, perfect passive participle of abrogō (“repeal”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), formed from ab (“away”) + rogō (“ask, inquire, propose”). See rogation.

Meanings

  1. (archaic, not-comparable) Abrogated; abolished.
    • Where hunters and woodcutters once slept in their boots by the dying light of their thousand fires and went on, old teutonic forebears with eyes incandesced by the visionary light of a massive rapacity, wave on wave of the violent and insane, their brains stoked with spoorless analogues of all that was, lean aryans with their abrogate semitic chapbook reenacting the dramas and parables therein and mindless and pale with a longing that nothing save dark's total restitution could appease. 1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, page 4:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
abrogen alternative, obsolete lexicographic

abrogate en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • ăbʹrōgāt (UK)
  • /ˈæb.ɹoʊˌɡeɪt/ (US)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈæb.ɹəʊ.ɡeɪt/ (UK)
  • /ˈæ.bɹə.ɡeɪt/ (UK)
  • /ˈæb.ɹəˌɡeɪt/ (US)
  • ăbʹrəgāt (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *h₃roǵósder. Proto-Indo-European *preḱ-der. Proto-Italic *prokos Latin procus Latin procō Latin rogō Latin abrogō Latin abrogātusder. Middle English abrogat English abrogate First attested in 1526, from Middle English abrogat (“abolished”), from Latin abrogātus, perfect passive participle of abrogō (“repeal”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), formed from ab (“away”) + rogō (“ask, inquire, propose”). See rogation.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To annul (as a law, decree, ordinance, etc.) by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or their successor; to repeal.
    • Whose laws, like those of the Medes and Persian, they cannot alter or abrogate. 1796, Edmund Burke, Letter I. On the Overtures of Peace.:
    • The rule of law whereby it is a crime for a person to commit suicide is hereby abrogated. 1961, Parliament of the United Kingdom, “Section 1”, in Suicide Act 1961ᵂⁱᵏⁱˢᵒᵘʳᶜᵉ, page 766:
    • 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:
    • The rule known as the “year and a day rule” […] is abrogated for all purposes. 2000, Legislative Council of Hong Kong, “Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance 2000”, in Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Gazette, page A1059:
  2. (transitive) To put an end to; to do away with.
  3. (qualifier:molecular biology, transitive) To block a process or function.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
abrogated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
abrogated Tense=Past lexicographic
abrogates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
abrogating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
abrogen alternative, obsolete lexicographic

Antonyms

promulgate · establish · fix

Deriveds

abrogable · abrogative · abrogator · unabrogated

Relateds

competitively inhibit (molecular biology) · abrogation · legalize

Synonyms

reverse (to annul by authoritative act) · abjure (to put an end to) · dissolve (to put an end to) · obviate (to put an end to) · repeal (to annul by authoritative act) · retract (to annul by authoritative act) · veto (to annul by authoritative act) · suspend (to annul by authoritative act) · cancel (to put an end to) · abolish (to annul by authoritative act) · end (to put an end to) · quash (to annul by authoritative act) · annihilate (to put an end to) · revoke (to annul by authoritative act) · vitiate (to put an end to) · wipe out (to put an end to) · annul (to annul by authoritative act) · terminate (to put an end to) · overturn (to annul by authoritative act) · set aside (to annul by authoritative act) · rescind (to annul by authoritative act) · void (to annul by authoritative act) · subvert (to put an end to) · invalidate (to annul by authoritative act) · withdraw (to annul by authoritative act) · countermand (to annul by authoritative act) · waive (to annul by authoritative act) · overrule (to annul by authoritative act) · recant (to put an end to) · undo (to annul by authoritative act) · do away with (to put an end to) · nullify (to annul by authoritative act) · obliterate (to put an end to) · supersede (to annul by authoritative act)

Translations (61)

hu visszavon (to annul by an authoritative act) · da afskaffe (to put an end to) · ru аннули́ровать (to annul by an authoritative act) · nl opheffen (to annul by an authoritative act) · de abschaffen (to annul by an authoritative act) · nl abrogeren (to annul by an authoritative act) · nl afschaffen (to annul by an authoritative act) · fa باطل کردن (to put an end to) · eo abrogacii (to annul by an authoritative act) · pl abrogować (to annul by an authoritative act) · hu hatályon kívül helyez (to annul by an authoritative act) · es abrogar (to annul by an authoritative act) · de für nichtig erklären (to annul by an authoritative act) · hu érvénytelenít (to annul by an authoritative act) · nb oppheve (to annul by an authoritative act) · uk скасува́ти (to annul by an authoritative act) · ca abrogar (to annul by an authoritative act) · de zunichte machen (to put an end to) · hu megszüntet (to put an end to) · da ophæve (to annul by an authoritative act) · nl tenietdoen (to put an end to) · ga cuir deireadh le (to put an end to) · fi lakkauttaa (to put an end to) · ga aisghair (to annul by an authoritative act) · ota ابطال ایتمك (to annul by an authoritative act) · hu eltöröl (to annul by an authoritative act) · da afskaffe (to annul by an authoritative act) · ro abroga (to annul by an authoritative act) · pt revogar (to annul by an authoritative act) · hu megsemmisít (to annul by an authoritative act) · de für ungültig erklären (to annul by an authoritative act) · de aufheben (to put an end to) · pt ab-rogar (to annul by an authoritative act) · ru расторга́ть (to annul by an authoritative act) · bg отменям (to annul by an authoritative act) · nb avskaffe (to annul by an authoritative act) · nb heve (to annul by an authoritative act) · fa لغو کردن (to annul by an authoritative act) · tr yürürlükten kaldırmak (to annul by an authoritative act) · tr feshetmek (to annul by an authoritative act) · io abrogar (to annul by an authoritative act) · fi lopettaa (to put an end to) · es derogar (to annul by an authoritative act) · nb annullere (to annul by an authoritative act) · nb abrogere (to annul by an authoritative act) · nn annullere (to annul by an authoritative act) · fi kumota (to annul by an authoritative act) · nn avskaffe (to annul by an authoritative act) · de rückgängig machen (to put an end to) · nn heve (to annul by an authoritative act) · nn oppheve (to annul by an authoritative act) · da annullere (to annul by an authoritative act) · ota بوزمق (to annul by an authoritative act) · uk касува́ти (to annul by an authoritative act) · pt anular (to annul by an authoritative act) · da ophæve (to put an end to) · bg анулирам (to annul by an authoritative act) · nb avslutte (to put an end to) · ro anula (to annul by an authoritative act) · fr abroger (to annul by an authoritative act) · ru отменя́ть (to annul by an authoritative act)