English-Thai Dictionary

abrogate

VT ยกเลิก  เพิกถอน  abolish yok-loek

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ABROGATE

v.t.[L abrago, to repeal. from ab and rogo, to ask or propose. See the English reach. Class Rg. ] To repeal; to annul by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or his successor; applied to the repeal of laws, decrees, ordinances, the abolition of established customs etc.

 

ABROGATED

pp. Repealed; annulled by an act of authority.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ABROGATE

Ab "ro *gate, a. Etym: [L. abrogatus, p. p.]

 

Defn: Abrogated; abolished. [Obs. ] Latimer.

 

ABROGATE

Ab "ro *gate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Abrogated; p. pr. & vb. n.Abrogating. ] Etym: [L. abrogatus, p. p. of abrogare; ab + rogare to ask, require, propose. See Rogation. ]

 

1. 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 can not alter or abrogate. Burke.

 

2. To put an end to; to do away with. Shak.

 

Syn. -- To abolish; annul; do away; set aside; revoke; repeal; cancel; annihilate. See Abolish.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

abrogate

ab ro gate |ˈabrəˌgāt ˈæbrəˌɡeɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] formal repeal or do away with (a law, right, or formal agreement ): a proposal to abrogate temporarily the right to strike. DERIVATIVES ab ro ga tion |ˌabrəˈgāSHən |noun ORIGIN early 16th cent.: from Latin abrogat- ‘repealed, ’ from the verb abrogare, from ab- ‘away, from ’ + rogare ‘propose a law. ’usage: The verbs abrogate and arrogate are quite different in meaning. While abrogate means ‘repeal (a law ),’ arrogate means ‘take or claim (something ) for oneself without justification, ’ often in the structure arrogate something to oneself, as in the emergency committee arrogated to itself whatever powers it chose.

 

Oxford Dictionary

abrogate

abrogate |ˈabrəgeɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] formal repeal or do away with (a law, right, or formal agreement ): a proposal to abrogate temporarily the right to strike. DERIVATIVES abrogator noun ORIGIN early 16th cent.: from Latin abrogat- ‘repealed ’, from the verb abrogare, from ab- ‘away, from ’ + rogare ‘propose a law ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

abrogate

abrogate verb formal the time has come to formally abrogate this outdated agreement: repeal, revoke, rescind, repudiate, overturn, annul; Law disallow, cancel, invalidate, nullify, void, negate, dissolve, countermand, declare null and void, discontinue; reverse, retract, remove, withdraw, abolish, put an end to, do away with, get rid of, end, stop, quash, scrap; Law disaffirm. ANTONYMS institute, introduce.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

abrogate

abrogate verb the government has formally abrogated the 1977 treaty: repudiate, revoke, repeal, rescind, overturn, overrule, override, do away with, annul, cancel, break off, invalidate, nullify, void, negate, dissolve, countermand, veto, declare null and void, discontinue; renege on, go back on, backtrack on, reverse, retract, remove, withdraw, abolish, put an end to, get rid of, suspend, end, stop, quash, scrap; Law disaffirm, avoid, vacate, vitiate; informal axe, ditch, dump, chop, give something the chop, knock something on the head; rare deracinate. ANTONYMS institute, introduce.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

abrogate

ab ro gate /ǽbrəɡèɪt /動詞 他動詞 ｟かたく ｠〈法律 契約 慣習など 〉を廃止する, 無効にする, 撤回する (abolish ).