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Webster 1913 Edition
Repeal
Re-peal′
(r?-p?l′)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Repealed
(-p?ld′)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Repealing
.] 1.
To recall; to summon again, as persons.
[Obs.]
The banished Bolingbroke
And with uplifted arms is safe arrived.
repeals
himself,And with uplifted arms is safe arrived.
Shakespeare
2.
To recall, as a deed, will, law, or statute; to revoke; to rescind or abrogate by authority, as by act of the legislature;
as, to
. repeal
a law3.
To suppress; to repel.
[Obs.]
Whence Adam soon
The doubts that in his heart arose.
repealed
The doubts that in his heart arose.
Milton.
Syn. – To abolish; revoke; rescind; recall; annul; abrogate; cancel; reverse. See
Abolish
. Re-peal′
,Noun.
1.
Recall, as from exile.
[Obs.]
The tribunes are no soldiers; and their people
Will be as rash in the
To expel him thence.
Will be as rash in the
repeal
, as hastyTo expel him thence.
Shakespeare
2.
Revocation; abrogation;
as, the
repeal
of a statute; the repeal
of a law or a usage.Webster 1828 Edition
Repeal
REPE'AL
,Verb.
T.
1.
To recall. [Obsolete as it respects persons.]2.
To recall, as a deed, will, law or statute; to revoke; to abrogate by an authoritative act, or by the same power that made or enacted; as, the legislature may repeal at one session, a law enacted at a preceding one.REPE'AL
,Noun.
1.
Recall from exile. [Not in use.]2.
Revocation; abrogation; as the repeal of a statute.