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Webster 1913 Edition

Abrogate

Ab′ro-gate

,
Adj.
[L.
abrogatus
, p. p.]
Abrogated; abolished.
[Obs.]
Latimer.

Ab′ro-gate

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Abrogated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Abrogating
.]
[L.
abrogatus
, p. p. of
abrogare
;
ab
+
rogare
to ask, require, propose. See
Rogation
.]
1.
To annul by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or his successor; to repeal; – applied to the repeal of laws, decrees, ordinances, the abolition of customs, etc.
Let us see whether the New Testament
abrogates
what we so frequently see in the Old.
South.
Whose laws, like those of the Medes and Persian, they can not alter or
abrogate
.
Burke.
2.
To put an end to; to do away with.
Shak.
Syn. – To abolish; annul; do away; set aside; revoke; repeal; cancel; annihilate. See
Abolish
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Abrogate

AB'ROGATE

,
Verb.
T.
[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 &c.

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