abrogate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: ă.bʹrə.gət
ipa: /ˈæ.bɹə.ɡət/
ipa: /ˈæb.ɹəˌɡət/
enpr: ăbʹrōgāt
enpr: ăbʹrəgāt
ipa: /ˈæb.ɹəʊ.ɡeɪt/
ipa: /ˈæ.bɹə.ɡeɪt/
ipa: /ˈæb.ɹoʊˌɡeɪt/
ipa: /ˈæb.ɹəˌɡeɪt/
Forms: form: abrogates
form: abrogating
form: abrogated
form: abrogated
form: abrogen
Etymology: 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.
Senses: examples: text: But let us look a little further, and see whether the New Testament abrogates what we see so frequently used in the Old.
ref: 1660, Robert South, “The Scribe instructed, &c.”, in Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume 2, page 252:
text: Whose laws, like those of the Medes and Persian, they cannot alter or abrogate.
ref: 1796, Edmund Burke, Letter I. On the Overtures of Peace.:
text: The rule of law whereby it is a crime for a person to commit suicide is hereby abrogated.
ref: 1961, Parliament of the United Kingdom, “Section 1”, in Suicide Act 1961ᵂⁱᵏⁱˢᵒᵘʳᶜᵉ, page 766:
text: The rule known as the “year and a day rule” […] is abrogated for all purposes.
ref: 2000, Legislative Council of Hong Kong, “Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance 2000”, in Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Gazette, page A1059:
topics: law
glosses: 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.
glosses: To put an end to; to do away with.
qualifier: molecular biology
glosses: To block a process or function.
Synonyms: sense: to annul by authoritative act
word: abolish
sense: to annul by authoritative act
word: annul
sense: to annul by authoritative act
word: countermand
sense: to annul by authoritative act
word: invalidate
sense: to annul by authoritative act
word: nullify
sense: to annul by authoritative act
word: overrule
sense: to annul by authoritative act
word: overturn
sense: to annul by authoritative act
word: quash
sense: to annul by authoritative act
word: repeal
sense: to annul by authoritative act
word: rescind
sense: to annul by authoritative act
word: retract
sense: to annul by authoritative act
word: reverse
sense: to annul by authoritative act
word: revoke
sense: to annul by authoritative act
word: set aside
sense: to annul by authoritative act
word: supersede
sense: to annul by authoritative act
word: suspend
sense: to annul by authoritative act
word: undo
sense: to annul by authoritative act
word: veto
sense: to annul by authoritative act
word: void
sense: to annul by authoritative act
word: waive
sense: to annul by authoritative act
word: withdraw
sense: to put an end to
word: abjure
sense: to put an end to
word: annihilate
sense: to put an end to
word: cancel
sense: to put an end to
word: dissolve
sense: to put an end to
word: do away with
sense: to put an end to
word: end
sense: to put an end to
word: obliterate
sense: to put an end to
word: obviate
sense: to put an end to
word: recant
sense: to put an end to
word: subvert
sense: to put an end to
word: terminate
sense: to put an end to
word: vitiate
sense: to put an end to
word: wipe out
Derived terms: abrogable
abrogative
abrogator
unabrogated
Related terms: word: abrogation
word: legalize
sense: molecular biology
word: competitively inhibit