abolish
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From late Middle English abolisshen, from Middle French aboliss-, extended stem of abolir,[1] from Latin abolēre (“to retard, check the growth of, (and by extension) destroy, abolish”), and inchoative abolēscere (“to wither, vanish, cease”).[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]abolish (third-person singular simple present abolishes, present participle abolishing, simple past and past participle abolished or (obsolete) abolisht)
- To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice. [First attested from around 1350 to 1470.][3]
- Synonyms: abrogate, annul, cancel, dissolve, nullify, repeal, revoke, do away with
- Antonyms: establish, found
- Slavery was abolished in the nineteenth century.
- 2002, William Schabas, The abolition of the death penalty in international law, Cambridge University Press, title:
- The abolition of the death penalty in international law
- (archaic) To put an end to or destroy, as a physical object; to wipe out. [First attested from around 1350 to 1470.][3]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene:
- And with thy blood abolish so reproachful blot.
- 1892, Alfred Tennyson, The Marriage of Geraint:
- His quick instinctive hand Caught at the hilt, as to abolish him.
Derived terms
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[edit]Terms derived from Latin “abolēre”
Translations
[edit]to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice
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to destroy
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References
[edit]- ^ “abolisshen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2018, retrieved 20 October 2019.
- ^ Laurence Urdang (editor), The Random House College Dictionary (Random House, 1984 [1975], →ISBN), page 4
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abolish”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 6.
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