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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Abrogate \Ab"ro*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abrogated}; p. pr & vb n. {Abrogating}.] [L. abrogatus p. p. of abrogare ab + rogare to ask require, propose. See {Rogation}.] 1. To annul by an authoritative act to abolish by the authority of the maker or his successor; to repeal; -- applied to the repeal of laws, decrees, ordinances, the abolition of customs, etc Let us see whether the New Testament abrogates what we so frequently see in the Old --South. Whose laws, like those of the Medes and Persian, they can not alter or abrogate. --Burke. 2. To put an end to to do away with --Shak. Syn: To abolish; annul; do away set aside; revoke; repeal; cancel; annihilate. See {Abolish}.
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