Definitions for ABOLISH
əˈbɒl ɪʃabol·ish

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.5 / 2 votes

1. abolish, get rid ofverb

   do away with

   "Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. abolishverb

   To do away with wholly; to annul; to make void; to end a law, system, custom or institution

   Slavery was abolished in the nineteenth century.

2. abolishverb

   To put an end to or destroy, as a physical object; to wipe out.

3. Etymology: First attested in 1459. From abolisshen, from abolir, from abolere, present active infinitive of aboleo, from ab + oleo.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To ABOLISHverb

   Etymology: from aboleo, Lat. to blot out.

   1. To annul.

   For us to abolish what he hath established, were presumption most intolerable. Richard Hooker, b. iii. § 10.

   On the parliament’s part it was proposed, that all the bishops, deans, and chapters, might be immediately taken away, and abolished. Edward Hyde, b. viii.

   2. To put an end to; to destroy.

   The long continued wars, between the English and the Scots, had then raised invincible jealousies and hate, which long continued peace hath since abolished. John Hayward.

   That shall Perocles well requite, I wot,
   And, with thy blood, abolish so reproachful blot. Fairy Queen, b. ii. cant.
   4. stanza 45.

   More destroy’d than they,
   We should be quite abolish’d, and expire. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. ii. l. 92.

   Or wilt thou thyself
   Abolish thy creation, and unmake
   For him, what for thy glory thou hast made? John Milton, b. iii. l. 163.

   Fermented spirits contract, harden, and consolidate many fibres together, abolishing many canals; especially where the fibres are the tenderest, as in the brain. John Arbuthnot, on Aliments.

   Nor could Vulcanian flame
   The stench abolish, or the savour tame. John Dryden, Virg. Geo. iii.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Abolishverb

   to do away with wholly; to annul; to make void; -- said of laws, customs, institutions, governments, etc.; as, to abolish slavery, to abolish folly

2. Abolishverb

   to put an end to, or destroy, as a physical objects; to wipe out

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:3.5 / 4 votes

1. Abolish

   ab-ol′ish, v.t. to put an end to: to annul.—adj. Abol′ishable, capable of being abolished.—ns. Abol′ishment (rare); Aboli′tion, the act of abolishing; Aboli′tionism, advocacy of abolitionist principles; Aboli′tionist, one who seeks to abolish anything, esp. slavery. [Fr. abolir, aboliss—from L. abolēre, -itum—ab, from, olēre, to grow. The prep. ab here reverses the meaning of the simple verb.]

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   Rank popularity for the word 'ABOLISH' in Verbs Frequency: #753

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ABOLISH in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ABOLISH in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of ABOLISH in a Sentence

1. Alfred Victor Vigny:

   Above all, we must abolish hope in the heart of man. A calm despair, without angry convulsions, without reproaches to Heaven, is the essence of wisdom.

2. Daniel Webster:

   Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies to an upright and reasoning will, and you have done much to abolish misery from their future lives and crimes to society.

3. The Hill.Earl Blumenauer of Oregon:

   We should be prioritizing the protection of families and our borders in a humane and thoughtful way. People should be treated with compassion and respect. ICE is simply not doing that, trump and This Administration have made the agency so toxic that it's time to abolish ICE, and start over.

4. Tammy Duckworth:

   I think if you abolish ICE as it is as an executive agency, it reflects the policies of the White House, of the President, you abolish ICE now, you still have the same President with the same failed policies, whatever you replace it with is just still( going to) reflect what this President wants to do.

5. Amnesty International:

   One of the key reasons the Egyptian people took to the streets in 2011 was to abolish the 30-year-long state of emergency imposed by Hosni Mubarak, granting the current president similar absolute powers is a deadly blow to human rights in Egypt.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=ABOLISH
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Abolish
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=ABOLISH
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ABOLISH
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=ABOLISH