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Webster 1913 Edition
Annul
An-nul′
,Verb.
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
, Adj.
1.
To reduce to nothing; to obliterate.
Light, the prime work of God, to me’s extinct.
And all her various objects of delight
And all her various objects of delight
Annulled
. Milton.
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.
Do they mean to
annul
laws of inestimable value to our liberties? Burke.
Syn. – To abolish; abrogate; repeal; cancel; reverse; rescind; revoke; nullify; destroy. See
Abolish
. Webster 1828 Edition
Annul
ANNUL'
,Verb.
T.
1.
To make void; to nullify; to abrogate; to abolish; used appropriately of laws, decrees, edicts, decisions of courts, or other established rules, permanent usages, and the like, which are made void by competent authority.2.
To reduce to nothing; to obliterate. [Not is much use.]Definition 2024
annul
annul
English
Verb
annul (third-person singular simple present annuls, present participle annulling, simple past and past participle annulled)
- (transitive) To formally revoke the validity of.
- (transitive) To dissolve (a marital union) on the grounds that it is not valid.
Derived terms
Related terms
- (formally revoke the validity of): make or render null and void, null, nullify
- (dissolve (a marital union)): dissolve
Translations
formally revoke the validity of
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dissolve (a marital union)
References
- “annul” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).