annul : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: annul	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for annul
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
annul v declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea" Synonym(s): invalidate, annul, quash, void, avoid, nullify Antonym(s): formalise, formalize, validate cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence" Synonym(s): revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Annul \Annul"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Annulled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Annulling}.] [F. annuler, LL. annullare, annulare, fr. L. ad to + nullus none, nullum, neut., nothing. See {Null}, a.] 1. To reduce to nothing; to obliterate. Light, the prime work of God, to me's extinct. And all her various objects of delight Annulled. --Milton. 2. To make void or of no effect; to nullify; to abolish; to do away with; -- used appropriately of laws, decrees, edicts, decisions of courts, or other established rules, permanent usages, and the like, which are made void by component authority. Do they mean to annul* laws of inestimable value to our liberties? --Burke. Syn: To abolish; abrogate; repeal; cancel; reverse; rescind; revoke; nullify; destroy. See {Abolish}.