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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Abrogat(e, p.p. and v. [ME. abrogat (15th c.), e.m.E. abrogate, L. abrogātus, p.p. of abrogāre. As in Eng., the use of the p.p. precedes that of the verb.]
1. p.p. Abrogated.a1499 Contempl. Sinn. 191 (writ quhilk is nocht abrogat). 1531 Bell. Boece II. 165 (this custome was abrogat). 1596 Dalr. I. 153/1 (lawes abrogat and put out of vsse). 1622-6 Bisset I. 45/13.
2. v. (also as p.t.). To abrogate.1533 Bell. Livy I. 127/31 (thai abrogat the empire). 1562-3 Winȝet I. 119/11 (to abrogat and abolise). 1567 Acts II. 548/2 (to abrogat and annull lawis). 1622-6 Bisset I. 42/10 (abrogat lawes).
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