abolish

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice.
  2. (archaic) To put an end to or destroy, as a physical object; to wipe out.

Teenoorgestelde van
establish, found
Frekwensie

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Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/əˈbɒlɪʃ/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

From late Middle English abolisshen, from Middle French aboliss-, extended stem of abolir, from Latin abolēre (“to retard, check the growth of, (and by extension) destroy, abolish”), and inchoative abolēscere (“to wither, vanish, cease”).

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