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Abrogate   /ˈæbrəgˌeɪt/   Listen
verb
Abrogate  v. t.  (past & past part. abrogated; pres. part. abrogating)  
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." "Whose laws, like those of the Medes and Persian, they can not alter or abrogate."
2.
To put an end to; to do away with.
Synonyms: To abolish; annul; do away; set aside; revoke; repeal; cancel; annihilate. See Abolish.


adjective
Abrogate  adj.  Abrogated; abolished. (Obs.)





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... an influence with the natives, which it was impossible to abrogate, the Government decided to invest her with the powers of ...
— Mary Slessor of Calabar: Pioneer Missionary • W. P. Livingstone
... including the Cape Province. Now, then, if this suspension clause becomes law, what is going to happen? It is simply this: That the whole land policy of the Union of South Africa is the land policy of the Orange Free State, and it will be as difficult to abrogate that suspension as it is difficult to recall a bullet, once fired through some one's head, and resuscitate the victim. Our object then should be to prevent the pistol being fired off, as prevention is infinitely ...
— Native Life in South Africa, Before and Since • Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje
... disregard it? I scarcely understand what 'the Church' is. If I rightly know what my damsel means, it signifies all the Christians. And Christians are Gentiles. How can the sons of Israel take laws from them? And to speak as if they could abrogate the law of Him that sitteth in the heavens, before whom they are all less than nothing and vanity! It is a strange tongue in which my damsel speaks. ...
— Earl Hubert's Daughter - The Polishing of the Pearl - A Tale of the 13th Century • Emily Sarah Holt
... and fundamental law has been in force from the foundation of the Government. It is now proposed to abrogate it on certain days and at certain places. In my judgment no fact has been produced which tends to show that it ought to be repealed or suspended for a single hour at any place in any of the States or Territories of the Union. ...
— Messages and Papers of Rutherford B. Hayes - A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents • James D. Richardson
... that the two countries should share equally in the construction and control of the proposed waterway across the Isthmus. This idea of joint control had always rankled in the United States, and in 1901 the American Government persuaded Great Britain to abrogate the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty and agree to another—the Hay-Pauncefote—which transferred the rights of ownership and construction exclusively to this country. In consenting to this important change, Great Britain had made only one stipulation. "The Canal," so ...
— The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume I • Burton J. Hendrick


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