annulling
verb (used with object), an·nulled, an·nul·ling.
1.
(especially of laws or other established rules, usages, etc.) to make void or null; abolish; cancel; invalidate: to annul a marriage.
2.
to reduce to nothing; obliterate.
3.
to cancel (a regularly scheduled train, plane, social event, etc.) for one day or one time only.
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English < Anglo-French annuler < Late Latin adnūllāre render null (calque of Greek exoudeneîn), equivalent to ad- ad- + -nullāre, verbal derivative of Latin nūllus no, not any
1375–1425; late Middle English < Anglo-French annuler < Late Latin adnūllāre render null (calque of Greek exoudeneîn), equivalent to ad- ad- + -nullāre, verbal derivative of Latin nūllus no, not any
Related forms
an·nul·la·ble, adjective
self-an·nul·ling, adjective
un·an·nul·la·ble, adjective
un·an·nulled, adjective
Synonyms
1. nullify; rescind, repeal.
1. nullify; rescind, repeal.
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| —vb , -nuls, -nulling, -nulled | |
| (tr) to make (something, esp a law or marriage) void; cancel the validity of; abolish | |
| [C14: from Old French annuller, from Late Latin annullāre to bring to nothing, from Latin nullus not any; see | |
| an'nullable | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
annul
late 14c., from O.Fr. anuller, from L.L. annullare "to make to nothing," from L. ad- "to" + nullum, neut. of nullus "nothing" (see null).
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