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with Anu Gargabrogate
PRONUNCIATION:
(AB-ruh-gayt)
MEANING:
verb tr.
To put aside or treat as nonexistent, especially by an authoritative act.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin abrogatus (repealed), past participle of abrogare (to repeal
a law), from ab- (away from) + rogare (to ask, propose a law). Ultimately
from the Indo-European root reg- (to move in a straight line, to lead or rule)
that is also the source of regent, regime, direct, rectangle, erect, rectum,
alert, source, and surge.
USAGE:
"I am proud to be sponsoring this amendment with the senior senator from
West Virginia [Robert Byrd]. He's absolutely right that Congress has
abrogated its oversight responsibilities."Remarks of Senator Barack Obama on the Military Commission Legislation; Sep 28, 2006. See more usage examples of abrogate in Vocabulary.com's dictionary. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
There is as much difference between us and ourselves as between us and others. -Michel de Montaigne, essayist (1533-1592)
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