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Webster 1913 Edition


Disannul

Disˊan-nul′

,
Verb.
T.
To annul completely; to render void or of no effect.
For the Lord of hosts hath purposed, and who shall
disannul
it?
Isaiah xiv. 27.
☞ The prefix in this word an its derivatives is intensive, and not negative.

Webster 1828 Edition


Disannul

DISANNUL

,
Verb.
T.
[dis and annul. In this instance, the prefix dis is improperly used, and of no effect. But its use is well established.] To annul; to make void; to deprive of authority or force; to nullify; to abolish; as, to disannul a law or an ordinance.
Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? Job 40. Galatians 3. 15.

Definition 2024


disannul

disannul

English

Verb

disannul (third-person singular simple present disannuls, present participle disannulling, simple past and past participle disannulled)

  1. To annul, do away with; to cancel.
    • 1526, Bible, tr. William Tyndale, Matthew V:
      Ye shall not thynke that I am come to disanull the lawe, or the prophets.
    • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, I.40:
      But it is in our power, if not to dissanull, at least to diminish the same, through patience [].
    • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.3.6:
      it is possible [] out of mature judgment to avoid the effect, or disannul the cause, as they do that are troubled with toothache, pull them quite out.