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ab·ro·gate

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–verb (used with object), -gat·ed, -gat·ing.

1.	to abolish by formal or official means; annul by an authoritative act; repeal: to abrogate a law.

2.	to put aside; put an end to.

[Origin: 1520–30; < L abrogātus repealed (ptp. of abrogāre). See ab-, rogation, -ate¹

]

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ab·ro·ga·ble

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ab·ro·ga·tion, noun

ab·ro·ga·tive, adjective

ab·ro·ga·tor, noun

—Synonyms 1. cancel, revoke, rescind, nullify, void, invalidate.

—Antonyms 1. ratify, establish; preserve.

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ab·ro·gate Audio Help (āb'rə-gāt') Pronunciation Key
tr.v. ab·ro·gat·ed, ab·ro·gat·ing, ab·ro·gates
To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.

[Latin abrogāre, abrogāt- : ab-, away; see ab-¹ + rogāre, to ask; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]

ab'ro·ga'tion n., ab'ro·ga'tive adj., ab'ro·ga'tor n.

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abrogate (v.)

1526, from abrogate (adj.) (1460), from L. abrogatus, pp. of abrogare "to annul, repeal (a law)," from ab- "away" + rogare "propose a law, request" (see rogation).

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abrogate
verb
revoke formally

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Main Entry: ab·ro·gate
Pronunciation: 'a-br&-"gAt
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -gat·ed; -gat·ing
Etymology: Latin abrogare, from ab- off + rogare ask, ask for approval of (a law)
: to abolish by authoritative, official, or formal action : ANNUL, REPEAL <a recent addition to [section] 51B abrogates statutory and common-law privileges —J. S. J. Elder and A. G. Rodgers> —ab·ro·ga·tion /"a-br&-'gA-sh&n/ noun

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Abrogate

A*bol"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Abolished; p. pr. & vb. n. Abolishing.] [F. abolir, L. abolere, aboletum; ab + olere to grow. Cf. Finish.]

1. To do away with wholly; to annul; to make void; -- said of laws, customs, institutions, governments, etc.; as, to abolish slavery, to abolish folly.

2. To put an end to, or destroy, as a physical objects; to wipe out. [Archaic]

And with thy blood abolish so reproachful blot. --Spenser.

His quick instinctive hand Caught at the hilt, as to abolish him. --Tennyson.

Syn: To Abolish, Repeal, Abrogate, Revoke, Annul, Nullify, Cancel.

Usage: These words have in common the idea of setting aside by some overruling act. Abolish applies particularly to things of a permanent nature, such as institutions, usages, customs, etc.; as, to abolish monopolies, serfdom, slavery. Repeal describes the act by which the legislature of a state sets aside a law which it had previously enacted. Abrogate was originally applied to the repeal of a law by the Roman people; and hence, when the power of making laws was usurped by the emperors, the term was applied to their act of setting aside the laws. Thus it came to express that act by which a sovereign or an executive government sets aside laws, ordinances, regulations, treaties, conventions, etc. Revoke denotes the act of recalling some previous grant which conferred, privilege, etc.; as, to revoke a decree, to revoke a power of attorney, a promise, etc. Thus, also, we speak of the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. Annul is used in a more general sense, denoting simply to make void; as, to annul a contract, to annul an agreement. Nullify is an old word revived in this country, and applied to the setting of things aside either by force or by total disregard; as, to nullify an act of Congress. Cancel is to strike out or annul, by a deliberate exercise of power, something which has operative force.

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Abrogate

Ab"ro*gate\, a. [L. abrogatus, p. p.] Abrogated; abolished. [Obs.] --Latimer.

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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.

Let us see whether the New Testament abrogates what we so frequently see in the Old. --South.

Whose laws, like those of the Medes and Persian, they can not alter or abrogate. --Burke.

2. To put an end to; to do away with. --Shak.

Syn: To abolish; annul; do away; set aside; revoke; repeal; cancel; annihilate. See Abolish.

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Abrogate

Ro*ga"tion\, n. [L. rogatio, fr. rogare, rogatum, to ask, beg, supplicate: cf. F. rogation. Cf. Abrogate, Arrogant, Probogue.]

1. (Rom. Antiq.) The demand, by the consuls or tribunes, of a law to be passed by the people; a proposed law or decree.

2. (Eccl.) Litany; supplication.

He perfecteth the rogations or litanies before in use. --Hooker.

Rogation days (Eccl.), the three days which immediately precede Ascension Day; -- so called as being days on which the people, walking in procession, sang litanies of special supplication.

Rogation flower (Bot.), a European species of milkwort (Polygala vulgaris); -- so called from its former use for garlands in Rogation week. --Dr. Prior.

Rogation week, the second week before Whitsunday, in which the Rogation days occur.

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