disannul

English

Etymology

From dis- +‎ annul.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪsəˈnʌl/

Verb

disannul (third-person singular simple present disannuls, present participle disannulling, simple past and past participle disannulled)

1. To annul, do away with; to cancel.
   • 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Matthew:

     Ye shall not thynke that I am come to disanull the lawe, or the prophets.

   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 40, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:

     But it is in our power, if not to dissanull, at least to diminish the same, through patience […].

   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
     , II.3.6:

     it is possible […] out of mature judgment to avoid the effect, or disannul the cause, as they do that are troubled with toothache, pull them quite out.

Derived terms

• disannuller