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abrogate (AB ruh gayt") (verb), abrogates; abrogated; abrogating
1. To abolish or to annul by authority; to nullify, to cancel: "Congress once passed laws prohibiting the sale of liquor in the U.S.; however, the 20th Amendment to the Constitution abrogated those laws and now alcohol may be legally sold."

"The Board of Directors at the museum decided to abrogate entrance fees for senior citizens."

2. To repeal, to annul, or to abolish something formally and publicly; especially, a law: "The king decided to abrogate the old law regarding poaching during the summer holidays."

"The new law abrogated the old law about paying parking fines."

"They will be abrogating the decision to increase student grants after the next election."

This entry is located in the following units: a-, ab-, abs- (page 10) -gate + (page 1) rog-, roga-, -rogate, -rogation, -rogatory (page 1)
Word Entries at Get Words: “abrogates”
abrogate (AB ruh gayt) (verb), abrogates; abrogated; abrogating
To cancel; to repeal; to abolish or annul: "The Secretary of State declared that further aggressive action by a certain foreign power would cause us to abrogate the treaty we had made with it."

From Latin ab-, "away" + rogare, "to ask, to propose".

This entry is located in the following unit: English Words in Action, Group A + (page 4)