单词 | disaffirm |
释义 | disaffirmv. 1. transitive. Law. To declare (something) to be void or invalid; to cancel; to annul or reverse (a decision); to repudiate (an agreement). Also intransitive. Cf. affirm v. 1a, confirm v. 2. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > illegality > render illegal [verb (transitive)] > deprive of legal validity abatea1325 squatcha1325 voida1325 allayc1325 annul1395 reverse1395 revokec1400 rupt?a1425 repealc1425 abroge1427 defeat1429 purloin1461 cassa1464 toll1467 resume1472 reprove1479 suspend1488 discharge1495 reduce1498 cassate1512 defease1512 denulla1513 disannula1513 fordoa1513 avoid1514–5 abrogate?1520 frustrate1528 revert1528 disaffirm?1530 extinct1530 resolve1537 null1538 nihilate1545 extinguish1548 elidec1554 revocate1564 annullate1570 squat1577 skaila1583 irritate1605 retex1606 nullify1607 unable1611 refix1621 vitiate1627 invalid1643 vacate1643 unlaw1644 outlaw1647 invalidate1649 disenact1651 vacuate1654 supersedec1674 destroy1805 break1891 ?1530 Questyon Tayled Lande in St. German's Dyaloge in Englysshe sig. p.ii Therfore..the sayde estatute neyther affermyth nor dyssafermyth the tytle. 1584 Breefe Disc. Laudable Customes London 30 Their owne Aldermen & commons haue..either disaffirmed or disanulled the same [custome]. 1679 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Reformation: 1st Pt. ii. 105 Such part, clause, or matter, as the King's Highness so shall refuse, disaffirm, or not ratifie, shall..be from henceforth utterly void. 1700 Baron & Feme xxvi. 242 (margin) Diversity between Actions which affirm Property, or disaffirm it. 1796 W. Ridgeway et al. Irish Term Rep. I. 126 Two contradictory judgments, one affirming the right of the crown, the other disaffirming it. 1883 N.Y. Tribune 42 5 The Supreme Court of the United States has disaffirmed the view of the Post Office Department and affirmed that of the Company. 1890 Sir A. Kekewich in Law Times' Rep. 63 682/1 She could disaffirm the settlement on attaining twenty-one. 1952 Rep. Superior Court New Jersey 19 145 The additional indubitable circumstance of plaintiff's election to disaffirm shows credible corroboration of her adamancy. 1964 Times 8 Feb. 12/4 The plaintiffs did all they could to disaffirm the contract of sale and to repossess the car. 2007 Telegram & Gaz. (Mass.) (Nexis) 26 Sept. b1 The commission, however, disaffirms the local board's revocation of the licensee's license. 2. transitive. To deny the truth of (a fact, statement, etc.); to contradict; to negate. Cf. affirm v. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > denial or contradiction > deny or contradict [verb (transitive)] withquethec888 withsake971 falsea1225 withsay?c1225 denyc1300 again-saya1382 naitc1390 nitec1390 naya1400 nicka1400 warna1400 denytec1420 traversea1450 repugnc1456 unsayc1460 renay1512 disavow?1532 disaffirm1548 contradict1582 fault1585 belie1587 infringe1590 dementie1594 abnegate1616 negate1623 nege1624 abrenounce1656 nay-saya1774 negative1784 dement1884 1548 E. Gest Treat. againste Masse sig. Dviiiv Disaffyrmynge the masse sacryfyce to bee propiciatorye. 1615 J. Davies Le Primer Report des Cases en Ireland Pref. sig. *v Neither doth Glanuill or Bracton disaffirme this antiquity of the Reports of the lawe. 1679 J. Bonhome Arraignment & Conviction of Atheism To Rdr. sig. A5 To deny and dis-affirm a Godhead. 1796 Flapper 27 Aug. 205 He is so far from succeeding to disaffirm the likeness, that he but displays a blindness and presumption which are calculated to tempt the indignation of a satirist. 1818 W. P. Taunton Rep. Court Common Pleas 6 529 The suggestion that this was a voluntary payment, is disaffirmed by the averment of compulsion. 1850 Morning Chron. 31 July 3/1 It would have been more seemly and decorous, if..[they] had allowed the friends of Baron Rothschild to exhaust all their arguments in favour of the course he had taken, before he called on the majority to disaffirm it. 1902 Amer. Law Reg. 50 327 The language of the opinion..seems rather to establish than to disaffirm our conclusion. 1992 Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Dec. 6/4 More than any other poet in the canon, Wordsworth has been used to test, and therefore to affirm or disaffirm, styles of criticism and theory. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < v.?1530 |
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