Helen Fenton

Abrogate: Definition and part of speech

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Abrogate

  1. a. Abrogated; abolished.
  2. v. t. 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.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Abroad: Definition and part of speech

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Abroad

  1. adv. Before the public at large; throughout society or the world; here and there; widely.
  2. adv. At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space; as, a tree spreads its branches abroad.
  3. adv. Without a certain confine; outside the house; away from one’s abode; as, to walk abroad.
  4. adv. Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries; as, we have broils at home and enemies abroad.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.