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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Annul \An*nul"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Annulled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Annulling}.] [F. annuler, LL. annullare, annulare, fr. L. ad
to + nullus none, nullum, neut., nothing. See {Null}, a.]
1. To reduce to nothing; to obliterate.
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Light, the prime work of God, to me's extinct.
And all her various objects of delight
Annulled. --Milton.
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2. To make void or of no effect; to nullify; to abolish; to
do away with; -- used appropriately of laws, decrees,
edicts, decisions of courts, or other established rules,
permanent usages, and the like, which are made void by
component authority.
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Do they mean to annul laws of inestimable value to
our liberties? --Burke.
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Syn: To abolish; abrogate; repeal; cancel; reverse; rescind;
revoke; nullify; destroy. See {Abolish}.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
annul
v 1: declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea"
[syn: {invalidate}, {annul}, {quash}, {void}, {avoid},
{nullify}] [ant: {formalise}, {formalize}, {validate}]
2: cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an
embargo"; "vacate a death sentence" [syn: {revoke}, {annul},
{lift}, {countermand}, {reverse}, {repeal}, {overturn},
{rescind}, {vacate}]
From English-French Freedict dictionary [fd-eng-fra]:
annul [ənʌl]
abroger; annuler; supprimer
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