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abrogate
/ˈæb.ɹəˌɡeɪt/
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AB-ruh-gayt: start with a short, stressed a.
In AB-ruh-gayt, the middle vowel is light. The final syllable contains the long a of “day,” with a smaller beat than the first syllable.
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“The proposal would abrogate the earlier agreement.”
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Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗What does abrogate mean?
verb
- To annul (as a law, decree, ordinance, etc.) by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or their successor; to repeal.
- To put an end to; to do away with.
- To block a process or function.
More meanings (1)
adjective
- (archaic) Abrogated; abolished.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈæb.ɹəˌɡeɪt/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
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Because he wanted to buy four oxen at a cheaper price, he tried desperately to abrogate quarantine regulations.
Perge, good Master Holofernes, perge, so it shall please you to abrogate scurrility.
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But these limitations and conditions do not abrogate or destroy the superiority which the more elevated position confers, both on the defensive and offensive.
For the same reason, none can abrogate a Law made, but the Soveraign; because a Law is not abrogated, but by another Law, that forbiddeth it to be put in execution.
The Chinese Government was naturally unwilling to abrogate a treaty which had been urged on her by the United States with so much zeal, and which had so lately been entered upon on both sides with such high hopes.