单词 | abrogative |
释义 | abrogativeadj. rare before late 19th cent. 1. Having the effect of abrogating something; of the nature of or characterized by abrogation; that repeals, abolishes, or cancels a law, practice, etc. Frequently with of. ΚΠ 1613 R. Dallington Briefe Inference Guicciardines Digression 15 in Aphorismes Ciuill & Militarie Ecclesiasticall canons and constitutions are positiue, abrogatiue, and transitiue into new. 1646 Mercurius Belgicus sig. D6 Now tell me, Reader, what Tropological sense can save this jugling from flat and literall Perjury? not all the addition of their Abrogative to their Legislative power. a1832 J. Bentham Anarchical Fallacies in Wks. (1843) II. 503/1 All laws creative of liberty are, as far as they go, abrogative of liberty. 1875 Galveston (Texas) Daily Herald 24 Mar. They declare that..the act is in conflict with and abrogative of vested rights secured to the city. 1899 Amer. Law Reg. 47 193 Lord Campbell's Act, being abrogative of the common law, has received a strict interpretation from the English courts. 1914 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 8 175 The abrogative function of the judicial power. 1966 H. M. Hamill Hidalgo Revolt (1970) vii. 195 Though this decree was essentially abrogative, Hidalgo was not so unwise as to abolish all unpopular taxes. 1995 Financial Times (Nexis) 7 June 3 Italian referendums are by nature abrogative and thus voters are being asked whether or not laws should be abolished. 2. Chiefly Immunology. Of the nature of abrogation (abrogation n. 2). Esp. in abrogative effect. ΚΠ 1980 Cellular Immunol. 55 124 Lymphoid cells injected at that time have had clearly measurable abrogative effects. 1987 Microbiol. & Immunol. 31 427 Pepsin-derived, purified Fc fragments of human IgG had a similar abrogative effect. 1995 Cell Proliferation 28 631 The abrogative effect of PDGF [sc. platelet-derived growth factor] disappeared in the presence of Act[inomycin] D. 2004 Cancer Biol. & Therapy 3 719 Pre-treatment of human leukemic cells with a histone deacetylase inhibitor, MS-275 significantly enhances the abrogative capacity of an established nucleoside analogue, fludarabine. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1613 |
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