nullifyv.

Brit.

/ˈnʌlᵻfʌɪ/, U.S.

/ˈnələˌfaɪ/

Forms: 1500s– nullify, 1600s nullifie.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin nullificare.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin nullificare to hold in contempt, despise (early 3rd cent. in Tertullian, citing Vetus Latina) < nulli- nulli- comb. form + -ficare -fy suffix.

1. transitive. To discredit, efface, or undermine (a person or group of people). Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > detract from [verb (transitive)] > bring discredit on or bring into disrepute

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1603 J. Davies Microcosmos 100 If otherwise he should with them abide, They would through glory be quite nullified.

1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes Intermean iv. 58 in Wks. II I would haue..her Graces Herald, to..nullifie him for no Gentleman.

1642 D. Rogers Naaman 311 Absolutely unsubsisting in themselves, meerly nullified.

1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi iii. i. App. 63/2 Thus content was he to be nullified, that the Lord might be magnified.

1849 A. Alison Hist. Europe from French Revol. (new ed.) I. i. 106 He not only brought the nobility to Paris, but he nullified them when there.

1877 J. Morley Crit. Misc. 2nd Ser. 247 That weak kind of universalism which nullifies some otherwise good men.

1991 M. Young Inside Job i. 46 Even the civilian academics at the college seem to be nullified by the overriding police desire for circumspection in the written account and preference for academic silence.

a. transitive. To render legally null and void; to annul or invalidate.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > rule of law > illegality > render illegal [verb (transitive)] > deprive of legal validity

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1607 R. C. tr. H. Estienne World of Wonders 353 He nullified [Fr. annula] all the indulgences granted to the French.

1609 S. Daniel Civile Wares (rev. ed.) iii. lxxxix. 85 Which accusation was th'occasion, that His successour by order nullifies Many his Patents.

1643 S. Marshall Copy of Let. 22 The judgements of all other Courts are ratified or nullified by a Parliament.

1775 S. Johnson Taxation no Tyranny 38 By crossing the Atlantick he has not nullified his right.

1798 T. Jefferson Public Papers xiii. 453 Every State has a natural right in cases not within the compact, (casus non foederis,) to nullify of their own authority all assumptions of power by others within their limits.

1817 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 22 Mar. 360 Seeing that the act nullifies their previous engagement.

1825 Gentleman's Mag. 95 i. 501 This bequest being to the poor indefinitely, nullified his will.

1880 ‘E. Kirke’ Life J. A. Garfield 43 It was that act which South Carolina nullified and refused to allow to be executed within her borders.

1927 Dict. National Biogr. 1912–21 at Wilson Sir Charles R. It became clear that an irresponsible khedive of Ismail's prestige and power could nullify any measures taken by a ministry without his previous advice.

1957 W. S. Churchill Hist. Eng.-speaking Peoples III. ix. viii. 283 A state could review acts of Congress and nullify any measure deemed unconstitutional.

1987 Sanity Sept. 7/1 The latest in a long line of referenda had nullified an element in the island's constitution.

†b. intransitive. To invalidate something; to render an act, instrument, agreement, etc., null and void. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1832 J. P. Kennedy Swallow Barn I. xviii. 186 I'd be glad to know if we couldn't nullify.

1837 J. C. Calhoun Wks. III. 57 The State of South Carolina..declared the act to be unconstitutional, and as such null and void. In a word, we nullified.

1869 R. Browning Ring & Bk. IV. xi. 96 Disinterested Vicar of our Lord, This way he abrogates and disallows, Nullifies and ignores.

3. transitive. To render (a thing, action, undertaking, etc.) of no value, use, or efficacy; to reduce to nothing, to cancel out. Also occasionally intransitive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > annihilate or blot out of existence

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to cut the throat of1565

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to tear to shreds1837

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to take out1900

napoo1915

naught1958

1609 E. Hoby Let. to Mr. T. H. 56 If Aërius..doe ioyne with the Primitiue Church, in nullifying oblations for the dead.

1642 J. Eaton Honey-combe Free Justific. 373 If it heale not these,..is not Justification nullified, and made of no use?

1675 T. Brooks Golden Key 314 He hath weakned, yea nullified and taken away sin.

1781 S. Peters Gen. Hist. Connecticut 26 Enough, surely, has been said to nullify the Colonists' plea of having bought their lands of the Indians.

1809 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 21 509 These facts..could by no means subvert and nullify the very obvious and evident advantages.

1850 G. Grote Hist. Greece VII. ii. lx. 452 The narrow dimensions of the harbour would have nullified her superiority at all times.

1876 F. W. Farrar Life St. Paul I. i. iv. 69 They had long learnt to nullify what they professed to defend.

1906 J. Galsworthy Man of Prop. 281 With all due deference he submitted that Mr Forsyte's expression nullified itself.

1959 R. Lowell Life Stud. ii. 26 All this pedantry was nullified by the introduction of a new textbook.

1988 Hindu 25 Feb. 14/1 At one stage, Bhopal nullified the 2–0 lead but fumbled in the second half to let in four goals.

Derivatives

ˈnullifying n. and adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > utter destruction or annihilation

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society > law > rule of law > illegality > [adjective] > legally invalid or faulty > annulling or abrogating

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1640 J. Howell Δενδρολογια 204 And so to attempt the nullifying of that act, and loosning of that knot which by divine Ordinance should bee indissoluble.

1648 W. Prynne Machivilian Cromwellist 6 By this Treasonable force, practise and Declaration, was this nullifying Ordinance, against a thousand-fold less force, forced to pass the House when thin and empty.

1681 R. Baxter Answer to Mr. Dodwell iii. 22 Against even the Nullifying Canons.

1883 Amer. Missionary Dec. 377 That they are overborne is seen in the nullifying of their votes in the South.

a1935 E. A. Robinson Dionysus in Doubt in Coll. Poems (1937) 864 But your proficient idiom, not averse To nonsense or a nullifying curse, Will pray for you.

1991 D. Craig King Cameron iv. 43 We shall petition government for an abolition and nullifying of the foresaid Act from the records of British parliament.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nullify
释义	nullifyv. Brit. /ˈnʌlᵻfʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈnələˌfaɪ/ Forms: 1500s– nullify, 1600s nullifie. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin nullificare. Etymology: < post-classical Latin nullificare to hold in contempt, despise (early 3rd cent. in Tertullian, citing Vetus Latina) < nulli- nulli- comb. form + -ficare -fy suffix. 1. transitive. To discredit, efface, or undermine (a person or group of people). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > detract from [verb (transitive)] > bring discredit on or bring into disrepute unworthyc1230 alosea1325 low1340 ensclaundre1389 foulc1390 disparagea1400 deface1529 depress1550 discredit?1550 ignoblec1590 redound1591 reproach1593 blame1596 nullify1603 scandal1606 sinka1616 even1625 explode1629 disrepute1649 disrepute1651 lese1678 rogue1678 reflect1769 disconsider1849 dispraise1879 1603 J. Davies Microcosmos 100 If otherwise he should with them abide, They would through glory be quite nullified. 1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes Intermean iv. 58 in Wks. II I would haue..her Graces Herald, to..nullifie him for no Gentleman. 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 311 Absolutely unsubsisting in themselves, meerly nullified. 1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi iii. i. App. 63/2 Thus content was he to be nullified, that the Lord might be magnified. 1849 A. Alison Hist. Europe from French Revol. (new ed.) I. i. 106 He not only brought the nobility to Paris, but he nullified them when there. 1877 J. Morley Crit. Misc. 2nd Ser. 247 That weak kind of universalism which nullifies some otherwise good men. 1991 M. Young Inside Job i. 46 Even the civilian academics at the college seem to be nullified by the overriding police desire for circumspection in the written account and preference for academic silence. 2. a. transitive. To render legally null and void; to annul or invalidate. 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 1607 R. C. tr. H. Estienne World of Wonders 353 He nullified [Fr. annula] all the indulgences granted to the French. 1609 S. Daniel Civile Wares (rev. ed.) iii. lxxxix. 85 Which accusation was th'occasion, that His successour by order nullifies Many his Patents. 1643 S. Marshall Copy of Let. 22 The judgements of all other Courts are ratified or nullified by a Parliament. 1775 S. Johnson Taxation no Tyranny 38 By crossing the Atlantick he has not nullified his right. 1798 T. Jefferson Public Papers xiii. 453 Every State has a natural right in cases not within the compact, (casus non foederis,) to nullify of their own authority all assumptions of power by others within their limits. 1817 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 22 Mar. 360 Seeing that the act nullifies their previous engagement. 1825 Gentleman's Mag. 95 i. 501 This bequest being to the poor indefinitely, nullified his will. 1880 ‘E. Kirke’ Life J. A. Garfield 43 It was that act which South Carolina nullified and refused to allow to be executed within her borders. 1927 Dict. National Biogr. 1912–21 at Wilson Sir Charles R. It became clear that an irresponsible khedive of Ismail's prestige and power could nullify any measures taken by a ministry without his previous advice. 1957 W. S. Churchill Hist. Eng.-speaking Peoples III. ix. viii. 283 A state could review acts of Congress and nullify any measure deemed unconstitutional. 1987 Sanity Sept. 7/1 The latest in a long line of referenda had nullified an element in the island's constitution. †b. intransitive. To invalidate something; to render an act, instrument, agreement, etc., null and void. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1832 J. P. Kennedy Swallow Barn I. xviii. 186 I'd be glad to know if we couldn't nullify. 1837 J. C. Calhoun Wks. III. 57 The State of South Carolina..declared the act to be unconstitutional, and as such null and void. In a word, we nullified. 1869 R. Browning Ring & Bk. IV. xi. 96 Disinterested Vicar of our Lord, This way he abrogates and disallows, Nullifies and ignores. 3. transitive. To render (a thing, action, undertaking, etc.) of no value, use, or efficacy; to reduce to nothing, to cancel out. Also occasionally intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > annihilate or blot out of existence dilghec897 defacec1386 annul1395 anientec1400 refer?c1400 extinct1484 annihil1490 delete1495 out-terma1500 perspoil1523 extaintc1540 extinguish1555 blot1561 wipe1564 to cut the throat of1565 annihilate1567 dissipatea1575 annihilate1586 nullify1609 nullize1615 expunge1628 nothing1637 null1647 extramund1654 be-nothing1674 erase1728 obliterate1798 simoom1821 to tear to shreds1837 snuff1852 mop1859 to take out1900 napoo1915 naught1958 1609 E. Hoby Let. to Mr. T. H. 56 If Aërius..doe ioyne with the Primitiue Church, in nullifying oblations for the dead. 1642 J. Eaton Honey-combe Free Justific. 373 If it heale not these,..is not Justification nullified, and made of no use? 1675 T. Brooks Golden Key 314 He hath weakned, yea nullified and taken away sin. 1781 S. Peters Gen. Hist. Connecticut 26 Enough, surely, has been said to nullify the Colonists' plea of having bought their lands of the Indians. 1809 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 21 509 These facts..could by no means subvert and nullify the very obvious and evident advantages. 1850 G. Grote Hist. Greece VII. ii. lx. 452 The narrow dimensions of the harbour would have nullified her superiority at all times. 1876 F. W. Farrar Life St. Paul I. i. iv. 69 They had long learnt to nullify what they professed to defend. 1906 J. Galsworthy Man of Prop. 281 With all due deference he submitted that Mr Forsyte's expression nullified itself. 1959 R. Lowell Life Stud. ii. 26 All this pedantry was nullified by the introduction of a new textbook. 1988 Hindu 25 Feb. 14/1 At one stage, Bhopal nullified the 2–0 lead but fumbled in the second half to let in four goals. Derivatives ˈnullifying n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > utter destruction or annihilation anientizement1429 deletiona1513 extincting1513 annihilment1526 exterminion1528 nulling1538 annihilation1541 exterminationc1550 nullity1555 annihilating1577 massacre1595 extinguishment1599 extinct1606 expunction1615 extinction1615 discreationa1628 nullificationa1631 nullifying1640 decreation1647 defacedness1668 extinguishinga1676 erasurea1794 exterminating1796 blotting out1808 naughting1913 wipeout1968 society > law > rule of law > illegality > [adjective] > legally invalid or faulty > annulling or abrogating cassing1550 revocatory1590 irritant1592 rescissory1606 nullifying1640 repealing1648 rescissorian1658 1640 J. Howell Δενδρολογια 204 And so to attempt the nullifying of that act, and loosning of that knot which by divine Ordinance should bee indissoluble. 1648 W. Prynne Machivilian Cromwellist 6 By this Treasonable force, practise and Declaration, was this nullifying Ordinance, against a thousand-fold less force, forced to pass the House when thin and empty. 1681 R. Baxter Answer to Mr. Dodwell iii. 22 Against even the Nullifying Canons. 1883 Amer. Missionary Dec. 377 That they are overborne is seen in the nullifying of their votes in the South. a1935 E. A. Robinson Dionysus in Doubt in Coll. Poems (1937) 864 But your proficient idiom, not averse To nonsense or a nullifying curse, Will pray for you. 1991 D. Craig King Cameron iv. 43 We shall petition government for an abolition and nullifying of the foresaid Act from the records of British parliament. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1603
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