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nullify |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Nullify \Nul"li*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nullified}; p. pr & vb n. {Nullifying}.] [L. nullificare nullus none + -ficare (in comp.) to make See {Null}, a., and {-fy}.] To make void; to render invalid; to deprive of legal force or efficacy. Such correspondence would at once nullify the conditions of the probationary system. --I. Taylor. Syn: To abrogate; revoke; annul; repeal; invalidate; cancel. See {Abolish}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: nullify v 1: declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "avoid a plea" [syn: {invalidate}, {annul}, {quash}, {void}, {avoid}] [ant: {validate}] 2: show to be invalid [syn: {invalidate}] [ant: {validate}] 3: make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of "Her optimism neutralizes his gloom" [syn: {neutralize}]
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