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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; repudiate
arrogate – to claim presumptuously; to assume without right: arrogate the right to make decisions; to attribute or assign to another; ascribe
Abused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree Copyright © 2007, 2013 by Mary Embree

ab·ro·gate

 (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).
[Latinabrogāre, abrogāt- :ab-,away; see ab-1 +rogāre,to ask; seereg- inIndo-European roots.]
ab′ro·ga′tion n.
ab′ro·ga′tive adj.
ab′ro·ga′tor n.
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abrogate

(ˈæbrəʊˌɡeɪt)
vb
(Law) (tr) to cancel or revoke formally or officially; repeal; annul
[C16: from Latinabrogātus repealed, from ab-1 +rogāre to propose (a law)]
ˌabroˈgationn
ˈabroˌgatorn
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

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; < Latinabrogātus, past participle ofabrogāre 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.
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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
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.abrogate - revoke formallyabrogate - revoke formally      
abolish,get rid of - do away with; "Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia"
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abrogate

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

abrogate

verb
To put an end to, especially formally and with authority:
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Translations

abrogate

[ˈæbrəʊgeɪt]VT (frm) →abrogar
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

abrogate

[ˈæbrəgeɪt]vt
(=give up) [+responsibility, right] →renoncer à
(=revoke) [+treaty, agreement] →abroger
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

abrogate

vt law, treaty →außer Kraft setzen;responsibility →ablehnen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

abrogate

[ˈæbrəʊˌgeɪt]vt (law) →abrogare; (agreement) →revocare; (responsibility) →venir meno a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995


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