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annulling

[uh-nuhl] Origin

an·nul

[uh-nuhl]
verb (used with object), -nulled, -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

an·nul·la·ble, adjective
self-an·nul·ling, adjective
un·an·nul·la·ble, adjective
un·an·nulled, adjective

anal, annual, annul.


1. nullify; rescind, repeal.

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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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