abrogate

abrogate

to abolish or annul by formal means; to repeal; put aside; cancel; revoke; rescind; nullify: to abrogate a law
Not to be confused with:abdicate – renounce or relinquish, such as a right: He will abdicate the throne to marry a commoner.; resign, quit; abandon; repudiatearrogate – to claim presumptuously; to assume without right: arrogate the right to make decisions; to attribute or assign to another; ascribe

ab·ro·gate

A0023800 (ăb′rə-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).

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[Latin abrogāre, abrogāt- : ab-, away; see ab-¹ + rogāre, to ask; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]

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ab′ro·ga′tion n.ab′ro·ga′tive adj.ab′ro·ga′tor n.

abrogate

(ˈæbrəʊˌɡeɪt) vb (Law) (tr) to cancel or revoke formally or officially; repeal; annul[C16: from Latin abrogātus repealed, from ab-¹ + rogāre to propose (a law)] ˌabroˈgation n ˈabroˌgator n

ab•ro•gate

(ˈæb rəˌgeɪt)

v.t. -gat•ed, -gat•ing. 1. to abolish or annul by formal or official means; repeal: abrogated a treaty. 2. to put aside; put an end to. [1520–30; < Latin abrogātus, past participle of abrogāre to repeal, cancel = ab- ab- + rōgāre to ask] ab′ro•ga•ble (-gə bəl) adj. ab`ro•ga′tion, n. ab′ro•ga`tive, adj. ab′ro•ga`tor, n.

abrogate

Past participle: abrogated
Gerund: abrogating

Imperative
abrogate
abrogate

Present
I abrogate
you abrogate
he/she/it abrogates
we abrogate
you abrogate
they abrogate

Preterite
I abrogated
you abrogated
he/she/it abrogated
we abrogated
you abrogated
they abrogated

Present Continuous
I am abrogating
you are abrogating
he/she/it is abrogating
we are abrogating
you are abrogating
they are abrogating

Present Perfect
I have abrogated
you have abrogated
he/she/it has abrogated
we have abrogated
you have abrogated
they have abrogated

Past Continuous
I was abrogating
you were abrogating
he/she/it was abrogating
we were abrogating
you were abrogating
they were abrogating

Past Perfect
I had abrogated
you had abrogated
he/she/it had abrogated
we had abrogated
you had abrogated
they had abrogated

Future
I will abrogate
you will abrogate
he/she/it will abrogate
we will abrogate
you will abrogate
they will abrogate

Future Perfect
I will have abrogated
you will have abrogated
he/she/it will have abrogated
we will have abrogated
you will have abrogated
they will have abrogated

Future Continuous
I will be abrogating
you will be abrogating
he/she/it will be abrogating
we will be abrogating
you will be abrogating
they will be abrogating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been abrogating
you have been abrogating
he/she/it has been abrogating
we have been abrogating
you have been abrogating
they have been abrogating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been abrogating
you will have been abrogating
he/she/it will have been abrogating
we will have been abrogating
you will have been abrogating
they will have been abrogating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been abrogating
you had been abrogating
he/she/it had been abrogating
we had been abrogating
you had been abrogating
they had been abrogating

Conditional
I would abrogate
you would abrogate
he/she/it would abrogate
we would abrogate
you would abrogate
they would abrogate

Past Conditional
I would have abrogated
you would have abrogated
he/she/it would have abrogated
we would have abrogated
you would have abrogated
they would have abrogated

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

abrogate - revoke formally abolish, get rid of - do away with; "Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia"

abrogate

verb revoke, end, recall, withdraw, reverse, cancel, scrap (informal), abolish, set aside, override, void, repeal, renounce, quash, take back, call back, retract, repudiate, negate, rescind, invalidate, annul, nullify, recant, obviate, disclaim, countermand, declare null and void The next prime minister could abrogate the treaty.

abrogate

verbTo put an end to, especially formally and with authority:abolish, annihilate, annul, cancel, invalidate, negate, nullify, set aside, vitiate, void.Law: extinguish.

Translations

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