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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
nul·li·fy       [nuhl-uh-fahy] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), -fied, -fy·ing.
1.to render or declare legally void or inoperative: to nullify a contract.
2.to deprive (something) of value or effectiveness; make futile or of no consequence.
[Origin: 1585–95; < LL nūllificāre to despise. See nulli-, -fy]

—Related forms
nul·li·fi·er, noun

—Synonyms 1, 2. invalidate, annul, void, cancel.
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nul·li·fy       (nŭl'ə-fī')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   nul·li·fied, nul·li·fy·ing, nul·li·fies
  1. To make null; invalidate.
  2. To counteract the force or effectiveness of.


[Latin nūllificāre, to despise : nūllus, none; see ne in Indo-European roots + -ficāre, -fy.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
nullify 
1595, from L.L. nullificare "to esteem lightly, despise, to make nothing," from L. nullus "not any" (see null) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Nullification in U.S. political sense of "a state's refusing to allow a federal law to be enforced" is first attested 1798, in Thomas Jefferson, from L.L. nullificationem (nom. nullificatio) "a making as nothing."

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
nullify

verb
1. declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea" [syn: invalidate] [ant: formalise] 
2. show to be invalid [syn: invalidate] [ant: validate] 
3. make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of; "Her optimism neutralizes his gloom"; "This action will negate the effect of my efforts" [syn: neutralize] 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: nul·li·fy
Pronunciation: 'n&-l&-"fI
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -fied; -fy·ing
: to make null <nullify a contract>

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Nullify

Nul"li*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nullified; p. pr. & vb. n. Nullifying.] [L. nullificare; nullus none + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Null, a., and -fy.] To make void; to render invalid; to deprive of legal force or efficacy.

Such correspondence would at once nullify the conditions of the probationary system. --I. Taylor.

Syn: To abrogate; revoke; annul; repeal; invalidate; cancel. See Abolish.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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