abrogate

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

abrogate
    v 1: revoke formally

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Abrogate \Ab"ro*gate\, a. [L. abrogatus, p. p.]
   Abrogated; abolished. [Obs.] --Latimer.
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from 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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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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