abrogate

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

AB'ROGATE, verb transitive [L abrago, to repeal. from ab and rogo, to ask or propose. See the English reach. Class Rg.] To repeal; to annul by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or his successor; applied to the repeal of laws, decrees, ordinances, the abolition of established customs etc.
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