abolish
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From late Middle English abolisshen, from Middle French aboliss-, extended stem of abolir,[1] from Latin abolēre (“to retard, check the growth of, (and by extension) destroy, abolish”), and inchoative abolēscere (“to wither, vanish, cease”),[2] probably from ab (“from, away from”) + *olēre (“to increase, grow”).[3]
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
abolish (third-person singular simple present abolishes, present participle abolishing, simple past and past participle abolished or (obsolete) abolisht)
- To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice. [First attested from around 1350 to 1470.][4]
- Slavery was abolished in the nineteenth century.
- 2002, William Schabas, The abolition of the death penalty in international law, Cambridge University Press, title:
- The abolition of the death penalty in international law
- (archaic) To put an end to or destroy, as a physical object; to wipe out. [First attested from around 1350 to 1470.][4]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene:
- And with thy blood abolish so reproachful blot.
- 1892, Alfred Tennyson, The Marriage of Geraint:
- His quick instinctive hand Caught at the hilt, as to abolish him.
ConjugationEdit
Conjugation of abolish
| infinitive | (to) abolish | ||
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| present tense | past tense | ||
| 1st-person singular | abolish | abolished | |
| 2nd-person singular | abolish, abolishest* | abolished, abolishedst* | |
| 3rd-person singular | abolishes, abolisheth* | abolished | |
| plural | abolish | ||
| subjunctive | abolish | ||
| imperative | abolish | — | |
| participles | abolishing | abolished | |
SynonymsEdit
- (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice): abrogate, annul, cancel, dissolve, nullify, repeal, revoke
AntonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
- abolishable (adjective)
- abolisher (noun)
- unabolish (verb) (rare)
Related termsEdit
terms derived from Latin “abolēre”
- abolition (noun)
- ∴ abolitionist (noun/adjective)
TranslationsEdit
to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice
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to destroy
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ReferencesEdit
- ^ “abolisshen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2018, retrieved 20 October 2019.
- ^ Laurence Urdang (editor), The Random House College Dictionary (Random House, 1984 [1975], →ISBN), page 4
- ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 4
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abolish”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 6.