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nul⋅li⋅fy

  [nuhl-uh-fahy]
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–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')   
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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Word Origin & History

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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Legal Dictionary

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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