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disannul, v.|dɪsəˈnʌl|
Also 5–6 dys-, 5–8 -anull.
[f. dis- 5 + annul v. Cf. the parallel forms disnull, denull.]
1. trans. To cancel and do away with; to make null and void, bring to nothing, abolish, annul.
1494Fabyan Chron. vii. 347 He laboured that he myght do dysanull y⊇ former ordenaunces and statutes, and to cause them to be broken. 1526Tindale Matt. v. 17 Ye shall not thinke that I am come to disanull the lawe. 1535Coverdale Job xl. 3 Wilt thou disanulle my judgment? 1590Shakes. Com. Err. i. i. 145 Our Lawes..Which Princes, would they, may not disanull. 1634Canne Necess. Separ. (1849) 52 The whole action is disannulled and made void. 1691Ray Creation i. (1704) 44 They endeavour to evacuate and disannul our great Argument. 1745in Col. Rec. Pennsylv. IV. 775 To disanull the Engagements and destroy the Amity subsisting between them. 1849Miss Mulock Ogilvies xiv, A solemn troth-plight, which..no earthly power ought ever to disannul.
†2. To deprive by the annulment of one's title; fig. to do out of. Const. from, of. Obs.
1556Chron. Gr. Friars (Camden) 79 Soo by that they be dyschargyd and dyssanullyd from alle maner of inherrytans of the imperialle crowne. 1604T. M. Black Bk. B iv b, Are we disanuld of our first sleepe, and cheated of our dreames and fantasies? 1613Answ. Uncasing Machivil's Instr. E ij, That will..disanul thee of thy quiet rest.
Hence disaˈnnulling vbl. n.; also disaˈnnuller, one who disannuls; disaˈnnulment, the fact of disannulling.
1586T. B. La Primaud. Fr. Acad. i. 337 The disanulling of all gold and silver coine, and the appointing of yron monie onely to be currant. 1600E. Blount tr. Conestaggio 65 If any thing were done by them that was absolutely good, it was the disannulling of the impost of salt. 1611Cotgr., Nullité, a nullitie, annihilation, disannulment. a1625Fletcher Woman's Prize ii. v, In which business Two of the disanullers lost their night-caps. 1755Johnson, Disannulment. 1792G. Washington Let. Writ. 1891 XII. 157 The right of disannulling is reserved to the government. 1818Colebrooke Treat. Obligations I. 101 He is debarred from..insisting on the delay as a disannulment of it. 1882Standard 23 Dec. 1/2, I agree to the disannulment of our engagement on certain conditions. |