Abrogated

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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              Let us see whether the New Testament abrogates what
              we so frequently see in the Old.      --South.
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              Whose laws, like those of the Medes and Persian,
              they can not alter or abrogate.       --Burke.
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     2. To put an end to; to do away with. --Shak.
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     Syn: To abolish; annul; do away; set aside; revoke; repeal;
          cancel; annihilate. See {Abolish}.
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