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Webster 1913 Edition


Nullify

Nul′li-fy

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Nullified
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Nullifying
.]
[L.
nullificare
;
nullus
none +
-ficare
(in comp.) to make. See
Null
,
Adj.
, and
-fy
.]
To make void; to render invalid; to deprive of legal force or efficacy.
Such correspondence would at once
nullify
the conditions of the probationary system.
I. Taylor.
Syn. – To abrogate; revoke; annul; repeal; invalidate; cancel. See
Abolish
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Nullify

NUL'LIFY

,
Verb.
T.
[L. none, and to make.] To annul; to make void; to render invalid; to deprive of legal force or efficacy.