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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024an•nul /əˈnʌl/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], -nulled, -nul•ling. - Law, to make or declare (something to be) no longer valid;
invalidate:to annul a marriage; to annul an agreement. See -null-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024an•nul (ə nul′),USA pronunciation v.t., -nulled, -nul•ling. - Law(esp. of laws or other established rules, usages, etc.) to make void or null;
abolish; cancel; invalidate:to annul a marriage. - to reduce to nothing;
obliterate. - to cancel (a regularly scheduled train, plane, social event, etc.) for one day or one time only.
- Late Latin adnūllāre render null (calque of Greek exoudeneîn), equivalent. to ad- ad- + -nullāre, verb, verbal derivative of Latin nūllus no, not any
- Anglo-French annuler
- late Middle English 1375–1425
an•nul′la•ble, adj. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged nullify; rescind, repeal.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: annul /əˈnʌl/ vb ( -nuls, -nulling, -nulled)- (transitive) to make (something, esp a law or marriage) void; cancel the validity of; abolish
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French annuller, from Late Latin annullāre to bring to nothing, from Latin nullus not any; see nullanˈnullable adj |