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English Dictionary: abolish by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
abolish
v
  1. do away with; "Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia"
    Synonym(s): abolish, get rid of
    Antonym(s): establish, found, launch, set up
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Abolish \A*bol"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abolished}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Abolishing}.] [F. abolir, L. abolere, aboletum; ab +
      olere to grow. Cf. {Finish}.]
      1. To do away with wholly; to annul; to make void; -- said of
            laws, customs, institutions, governments, etc.; as, to
            abolish slavery, to abolish folly.
  
      2. To put an end to, or destroy, as a physical objects; to
            wipe out. [Archaic]
  
                     And with thy blood abolish so reproachful blot.
                                                                              --Spenser.
  
                     His quick instinctive hand Caught at the hilt, as to
                     abolish him.                                       --Tennyson.
  
      Syn: To {Abolish}, {Repeal}, {Abrogate}, {Revoke}, {Annul},
               {Nullify}, {Cancel}.
  
      Usage: These words have in common the idea of setting aside
                  by some overruling act. Abolish applies particularly
                  to things of a permanent nature, such as institutions,
                  usages, customs, etc.; as, to abolish monopolies,
                  serfdom, slavery. Repeal describes the act by which
                  the legislature of a state sets aside a law which it
                  had previously enacted. Abrogate was originally
                  applied to the repeal of a law by the Roman people;
                  and hence, when the power of making laws was usurped
                  by the emperors, the term was applied to their act of
                  setting aside the laws. Thus it came to express that
                  act by which a sovereign or an executive government
                  sets aside laws, ordinances, regulations, treaties,
                  conventions, etc. Revoke denotes the act of recalling
                  some previous grant which conferred, privilege, etc.;
                  as, to revoke a decree, to revoke a power of attorney,
                  a promise, etc. Thus, also, we speak of the revocation
                  of the Edict of Nantes. Annul is used in a more
                  general sense, denoting simply to make void; as, to
                  annul a contract, to annul an agreement. Nullify is an
                  old word revived in this country, and applied to the
                  setting of things aside either by force or by total
                  disregard; as, to nullify an act of Congress. Cancel
                  is to strike out or annul, by a deliberate exercise of
                  power, something which has operative force.
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