单词 | abrogate |
释义 | ab·ro·gate (ăbrə-gāt′) tr.v. ab·ro·gat·ed, ab·ro·gat·ing, ab·ro·gates To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority: "Our existing Aboriginal and treaty rights were now part of the supreme law of the land, and could not be abrogated or denied by any government" (Matthew Coon Come). [Latin abrogāre, abrogāt- : ab-, away; see AB-1 + rogāre, to ask; see reg- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] ab′ro·gation n. abro·ga′tive adj. abro·ga′tor n. |
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