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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈæb.ɹəʊ.ɡeɪt/Part of speech verbSorted aabegortStarts with AEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. revoke formally

Word origin

First attested in 1526, from Middle English abrogat (“abolished”), from Latin abrogātus, perfect passive participle of abrogō (“repeal”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), formed from ab (“away”) + rogō (“ask, inquire, propose”). See rogation.

Used in a sentence

  • But let us look a little further, and see whether the New Testament abrogates what we see so frequently used in the Old.
  • Whose laws, like those of the Medes and Persian, they cannot alter or abrogate.
  • The rule of law whereby it is a crime for a person to commit suicide is hereby abrogated.

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