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verb (abrogat, ing)
  1. (transitive) To annul by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or his successor; to repeal; -- applied to the repeal of laws, decrees, ordinances, the abolition of customs, etc.
  • Let us see whether the New Testament abrogates what we so frequently see in the Old. - South
  • Whose laws, like those of the Medes and Persian, they cannot alter or . - Burke
    1. (transitive) To put an end to; to do away with.
  • Translations: 
    • Dutch: tenietdoen
    • German: zunichte machen, aufheben, rí¼ckgí¤ngig machen
      (trans-mid)
    • Spanish: abrogar derogar
      (trans-bottom) (trans-top, to put an end to)
    adjective 
    1. (obsolete) Abrogated; abolished. - Latimer
    Etymology: From Latin abrogatus, past participle of abrogare, which is formed from ab + rogare "to ask", "to inquire", "to propose a law". See rogation.


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