| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| abrogate |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ab·ro·gate |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   b r -g t |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: ab·ro·gat·ed, ab·ro·gat·ing, ab·ro·gates
To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin abrogre, abrogt- : ab-, away; see ab–1 + rogre, to ask; see reg- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | abro·gation —NOUN
abro·gative —ADJECTIVE
abro·gator —NOUN
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