ABROGATED

  

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ABROGATED

Definition: ABROGATED

ABROGATED

Imperative & past participle

1. Of Abrogate

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "ABROGATED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1644. (references)

Synonyms within Context: ABROGATED

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Abrogation

Be abrogated; receive its quietus; walk the plank.

Adjective: abrogated; Verb: functus officio.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: ABROGATED

English words defined with "ABROGATED": Abrogable. (references)

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Historic Usage: ABROGATED

AuthorDateQuotation

Treaty of Versailles

1919

All treaties, agreements, arrangements and contracts concluded by Germany with Egypt are regarded as abrogated as from August 4, 1914. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: ABROGATED

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

Since the rights and guarantees awarded to the foreign investor are included in a contract, they may not be abrogated during the period for which they have been agreed upon, even if new legislation containing different rules is enacted. (references)

Civil Liberties

Georgia

The Abkhaz separatist regime prevented such repatriation and unilaterally abrogated the agreement. (references)

Lithuania

On April 18, the Vilnius First District Court ruled that the Vilnius City Council had violated the previous owners' and tenants' rights when returning four buildings to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in 1992 and 1993. The Court abrogated the decision of the Vilnius Council on Property Restitution. (references)

Economic History

Equatorial Guinea

In July 1970, Macias created a single-party state and by May 1971, key portions of the constitution were abrogated. (references)

Minorities

Bhutan

The Government states that 429 civil servants, many of them ethnic Nepalese, were retired compulsorily in accordance with the resolution, and that the program was abrogated in November 1997. The Government states that those forced to retire were accorded retirement benefits in proportion to their years of government service. (references)

Political Economy

Fiji

Ten days after the takeover of Parliament by armed ethnic Fijian supremacists, the country's security forces illegally seized power and claimed to have abrogated the Constitution. (references)

Burundi

Until November when a transitional government was inaugurated, Burundi was ruled by an authoritarian military regime led by self-proclaimed interim President Pierre Buyoya, who was brought to power in a bloodless coup by the largely ethnic Tutsi armed forces in 1996 and who abrogated the Constitution. (references)

Political Rights

Fiji

Commander Frank Bainimarama abrogated the Constitution, implemented emergency powers, and began to rule by decree. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: ABROGATED

"ABROGATED" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 72.55% of the time. "ABROGATED" is used about 51 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (past participle)72.55%3756,631
Lexical Verb (past tense)27.45%1493,893
                    Total100.00%51N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: ABROGATED

Expression using "ABROGATED": be abrogated. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: ABROGATED

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

abrogated

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: ABROGATED

Language Translations for "ABROGATED"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

废止 (Abolition, Abrogate, Abrogating, Abrogation, rescind, Rescinded, Rescinding, revocation). (various references)

   

French

  

abrogé. (various references)

   

German

  

hob auf (repealed), aufgehoben (nullified, repealed, rescinded). (various references)

   

Italian

  

abrogato. (various references)

   

Manx

  

jeant gyn bree, dollit magh (cancelled). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

abrogateday.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

anulado (abolished), abrogado. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

отменять отмененный (cancelled). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

abrrogado, abrogado, revolcado. (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

скасований. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: ABROGATED

Misspellings

"ABROGATED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abbrogate, aborated, aborgate, abregate, abrigate, abroated, abrobate, Abrogado, abrolate, acrobated, arbogast, arbogate, arbrogate, brogate. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "ABROGATED"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "ABROGATED" (pronounced a"brugā'tud)
7-r u g ā' t u daggregated, congregated, corrugated, interrogated, irrigated, segregated.
6-u g ā' t u dcastigated, delegated, instigated, investigated, mitigated, navigated, obligated, propagated, relegated, subjugated, unmitigated.
5-g ā' t u ddesegregated, litigated, promulgated.
4-ā' t u dabbreviated, abdicated, accelerated, accentuated, acclimated, accommodated, accumulated, activated, adjudicated, adulterated, advocated, affiliated, aggravated, agitated, alienated, alleviated, allocated, alternated, amalgamated, ameliorated, amputated, angulated, animated, annihilated, anticipated, antiquated, appreciated, appropriated, approximated, arbitrated, articulated, aspirated, assassinated, assimilated, associated, attenuated, authenticated, automated, backdated, bifurcated, caffeinated, calculated, calibrated, capitulated, captivated, carbonated, castrated, celebrated, chlorinated, circulated, collaborated, commemorated, communicated, compensated, complicated, concentrated, confiscated, congratulated, consecrated, consolidated, constipated, consummated, contaminated, contemplated, cooperated, correlated, corroborated, crenelated, culminated, cultivated, deactivated, debilitated, decaffeinated, decapitated, decelerated, decimated, decontaminated, decorated, degenerated, deliberated, delineated, demonstrated, denigrated, denominated, depreciated, designated, deteriorated, detonated, devaluated, devastated, deviated, dictated, differentiated, dilapidated, discriminated, disintegrated, disseminated, dissipated, domesticated, dominated, donated, duplicated, educated, elevated, eliminated, elucidated, emaciated, emanated, emancipated, emasculated, emigrated, emulated, encapsulated, enumerated, enunciated, eradicated, escalated, estimated, evacuated, evaluated, evaporated, eviscerated, exacerbated, exaggerated, exasperated, excavated, excommunicated, excoriated, exhilarated, exonerated, expropriated, exterminated, extrapolated, extricated, fabricated, facilitated, fascinated, federated, fixated, flagellated, fluctuated, formulated, frustrated, generated, germinated, glaciated, graduated, gravitated, gyrated, halogenated, hesitated, humiliated, hydrated, hydrogenated, hyphenated, illuminated, illustrated, imitated, immigrated, impersonated, implicated, impregnated, inactivated, inaugurated, incapacitated, incarcerated, incinerated, incorporated, inculcated, indicated, indoctrinated, infatuated, infiltrated, infuriated, initiated, innovated, inoculated, insulated, integrated, interpolated, intimated, intimidated, intoxicated, inundated, invalidated, invigorated, irradiated, irritated, isolated, laminated, legislated, levitated, liberated, liquidated, located, lubricated, mandated, manipulated, marinated, masturbated, mediated, medicated, migrated, misallocated, misappropriated, miscalculated, moderated, motivated, mutated, mutilated, narrated, nauseated, necessitated, negotiated, nominated, nonregulated, obliterated, officiated, operated, opinionated, orchestrated, orientated, originated, outdated, overestimated, overregulated, overstated, oxygenated, participated, penetrated, perforated, permeated, perpetrated, perpetuated, pollinated, pontificated, populated, precipitated, predicated, predominated, prefabricated, premeditated, prognosticated, proliferated, punctuated, radiated, reactivated, reallocated, rebated, recalculated, reciprocated, recreated, redecorated, reevaluated, reformulated, refrigerated, regenerated, regulated, rehabilitated, reincarnated, reintegrated, reinvigorated, reiterated, rejuvenated, renegotiated, renominated, renovated, repatriated, replicated, repudiated, resonated, resuscitated, retaliated, reverberated, rotated, ruminated, salivated, saturated, separated, serrated, simulated, situated, sophisticated, speculated, stagnated, stalemated, stimulated, stipulated, subordinated, substantiated, suffocated, syncopated, syndicated, tabulated, terminated, titillated, tolerated, truncated, unadulterated, unaffiliated, unallocated, unanticipated, unappreciated, uncompensated, uncomplicated, unconsolidated, uncontaminated, underestimated, understated, undifferentiated, uneducated, unincorporated, uninitiated, unregulated, unsaturated, unsophisticated, unsubstantiated, venerated, ventilated.
3-t u dabated, abducted, abetted, aborted, abstracted, abutted, accented, accepted, accosted, accounted, accredited, acquainted, acquitted, acted, adapted, addicted, adjusted, admitted, adopted, affected, afflicted, affronted, airlifted, alerted, allotted, amounted, annotated, anted, appointed, arrested, assaulted, asserted, assisted, assorted, attempted, attested, attracted, attributed, audited, augmented, averted, awaited, baited, bankrupted, bated, batted, belated, belted, benefited, benefitted, benighted, berated, bested, bigoted, blacklisted, blanketed, blasted, blighted, bloated, blunted, blurted, boasted, boated, bolted, boosted, booted, boycotted, breasted, budgeted, busted, carbureted, carotid, carpeted, carted, catapulted, cemented, chanted, charted, chatted, cheated, chested, circuited, circumvented, cited, closeted, clotted, coasted, coated, coexisted, collected, comforted, commented, committed, commuted, compacted, competed, complemented, completed, complimented, computed, conceited, concerted, concocted, conducted, conflicted, confronted, congested, conjugated, connected, conscripted, consented, consisted, constituted, constricted, constructed, consulted, contacted, contented, contested, contorted, contracted, contradicted, contrasted, contributed, converted, convicted, convoluted, coordinated, copyrighted, corrected, corrupted, costed, counted, counteracted, counterfeited, courted, coveted, crafted, created, credited, cremated, crested, crusted, darted, dated, daunted, debated, dedicated, deducted, defaulted, defeated, defected, deflated, deflected, dehydrated, dejected, deleted, delighted, delisted, demented, demoted, denoted, dented, departed, depicted, depleted, deported, deposited, deregulated, desecrated, deserted, destructed, detected, detested, detracted, devoted, digested, dilated, diluted, directed, disaffected, disappointed, disassociated, disconnected, discontented, discounted, discredited, disenchanted, disgusted, disinterested, disinvited, disjointed, dislocated, disoriented, dispirited, disputed, disrespected, disrupted, dissected, dissented, distorted, distracted, distributed, distrusted, diverted, divested, documented, dotted, doubted, drafted, drifted, dusted, edited, effected, ejected, elaborated, elated, elected, electrocuted, elicited, elongated, emitted, enacted, enchanted, encrusted, encrypted, enlisted, entrusted, equated, erected, erupted, escorted, evicted, exacted, exalted, excepted, excerpted, excited, executed, exempted, exerted, exhausted, exhibited, exhorted, existed, exited, expected, expedited, experimented, exploited, exported, extorted, extracted, extradited, extroverted, exulted, faceted, fainted, fainthearted, farsighted, fasted, fated, faulted, feasted, fermented, ferreted, feted, fetid, filleted, fingerprinted, fisted, fitted, flabbergasted, flaunted, flirted, floated, flouted, foisted, fomented, footed, footnoted, forecasted, forested, forfeited, fragmented, frequented, fretted, fronted, frosted, gated, gifted, gloated, glutted, grafted, granted, grated, greeted, grunted, guested, gusted, gutted, halfhearted, hallucinated, halted, handcrafted, harvested, hated, hearted, heated, helmeted, highlighted, hinted, hoisted, hooted, hosted, hunted, ignited, impacted, imparted, implanted, implemented, imported, imprinted, imputed, incited, indebted, indicted, indited, inducted, infected, infested, inflated, inflected, inflicted, ingested, inhabited, inherited, inhibited, injected, inserted, insinuated, insisted, inspected, instituted, instructed, insulted, interacted, intercepted, interconnected, interdicted, interested, interjected, interpreted, interrelated, interrupted, intersected, introverted, invented, inverted, invested, invited, jacketed, jetted, jilted, jointed, jolted, jotted, knighted, knitted, knotted, lambasted, lamented, lasted, lifted, lighted, lighthearted, limited, listed, looted, lusted, maladjusted, malted, maltreated, manifested, marketed, masted, mated, melted, merited, meted, minted, misdirected, misinterpreted, misquoted, misreported, misrepresented, misstated, mistreated, mistrusted, modulated, molested, mounted, multifaceted, muted, nearsighted, negated, neglected, nested, netted, noted, objected, obstructed, omitted, opted, orbited, oriented, ornamented, ousted, outed, outfitted, outlasted, outvoted, overacted, overexcited, overheated, overpopulated, overrated, overreacted, overrepresented, overweighted, painted, panted, parachuted, parted, pasted, patented, patted, pelleted, pelted, perfected, permitted, persecuted, persisted, perverted, petted, picketed, piloted, pinpointed, pirated, pitted, pivoted, planted, plated, plotted, plummeted, pocketed, pointed, polluted, ported, posited, posted, potted, pouted, predated, predicted, preempted, preexisted, presented, prevented, printed, profited, prohibited, projected, promoted, prompted, prorated, prosecuted, protected, protested, protracted, purported, putted, quieted, quilted, quoted, rafted, ranted, ratcheted, rated, reacted, readjusted, readmitted, reappointed, rearrested, reasserted, rebutted, recanted, recited, recollected, reconnected, reconstituted, reconstructed, recounted, recruited, redacted, redirected, redistributed, redrafted, reelected, reenacted, refitted, reflected, refuted, regimented, regretted, reignited, reinstated, reinstituted, reinterpreted, reinvented, reinvested, reinvited, rejected, related, relented, relocated, remarketed, remitted, rented, repainted, repeated, repented, replanted, reported, represented, reprinted, reputed, requested, rerouted, resented, resisted, resorted, respected, restarted, restated, rested, restricted, resubmitted, resulted, resurrected, retested, retorted, retracted, retreated, retrofitted, reunited, reverted, revisited, revolted, righted, rioted, riveted, roasted, rocketed, roosted, rooted, rotted, rusted, rutted, sainted, salted, saluted, sandblasted, sated, scapegoated, scented, scouted, scripted, sculpted, seated, secreted, sedated, segmented, selected, shafted, shifted, shorted, shortsighted, shouted, shunted, sifted, sighted, silhouetted, sited, skated, skirted, skyrocketed, slanted, slated, slighted, slotted, snorted, solicited, sorted, spirited, sported, spotlighted, spotted, spouted, sprinted, sprouted, spurted, squirted, started, stated, stilted, stunted, subcontracted, subjected, submitted, substituted, subtracted, subverted, suggested, suited, superheated, supplanted, supplemented, supported, surmounted, suspected, swatted, sweated, tainted, talented, targeted, tasted, taunted, tempted, tested, throated, thwarted, ticketed, tightfisted, tilted, tinted, toasted, tormented, toted, touted, transacted, transected, translated, transmitted, transplanted, transported, treated, trotted, trumpeted, trusted, tufted, twisted, unabated, unaccounted, unaccredited, unadjusted, unaffected, unassisted, unaudited, unbolted, uncharted, uncoated, uncollected, uncommitted, uncompleted, unconnected, uncontested, uncontradicted, unconverted, uncoordinated, uncorrected, uncorroborated, uncounted, undated, undaunted, undefeated, undercounted, underrated, underreported, underrepresented, undetected, undiluted, undisputed, undistributed, undocumented, undoubted, unedited, unelected, unexpected, unexploited, unindicted, uninfected, uninhabited, uninhibited, uninterested, uninterrupted, uninvited, United, unlimited, unlisted, unmolested, unobstructed, unpainted, unprecedented, unprotected, unrated, unreconstructed, unrelated, unreported, unrepresented, unrequited, unrestricted, unscripted, unseated, unsolicited, unstated, unsuited, unsupported, unsuspected, untainted, untested, untreated, unwanted, unwarranted, updated, uplifted, uprooted, vacated, vaccinated, vacillated, validated, vatted, vaulted, vaunted, vented, vested, vetted, vindicated, violated, visited, voted, wafted, waited, wanted, warranted, wasted, weighted, whetted, whited, wholehearted, wilted, witted, worsted, wrested.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: ABROGATED

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-d-e-g-o-r-t"

-1 letter: abrogate, tagboard, teaboard.

-2 letters: aborted, borated, garoted, gradate, tabored.

-3 letters: abated, abater, abator, aboard, abrade, abroad, agorae, aortae, badger, barged, boated, boater, bodega, borage, borate, dagoba, debtor, dogear, dotage, garbed, garote, grated, orated, orgeat, rabato, ratbag, rebato, tabard, togaed.

-4 letters: abate, abode, abort, adage, adobe, adore, agate, agora, aorta, ardeb, argot, baaed, badge, barde, bared, barge, bated, beard, begat, begot, board, boart, bored, bread, broad, dater, debar, derat, dobra, doter, ergot, gated, gator, godet, gored, grade, grate, great, groat, oared, oater, orate, orbed, oread, rabat, raged, rated, reata, retag, robed, taber, tabor, tardo, tared, targe, terga, togae, trade, tread, trode.

-5 letters: abed, abet, aero, agar, aged, ager, area, bade, bard, bare, bate, bead, bear, beat, berg, beta, boar, boat, bode, bora, bore, bort, bota, brad, brae, brag, brat, bred, dago, darb, dare, dart, data, date, dato, dear, debt, doat, doer, doge, dore, dote, drab, drag, drat, dreg, egad, ergo, gaed, garb, gate, gear, geta, goad, goat, goer, gore, grab, grad, grat, grot, odea, ogre, orad, raga, rage, rate, rato, read, redo, road, robe, rode, rota, rote, tare, taro, tear, toad, toea, toed, toga, tora, tore, trad, trod.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-b-d-e-g-o-r-t"
 

+3 letters: outbargained.

 

+4 letters: decarbonating, skateboarding.

 

+5 letters: biodegradation, rebroadcasting, skateboardings.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: ABROGATED


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 42 52 4F 47 41 54 45 44

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-    -...    .-.    ---    --.    .-    -    .    -..

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01000010 01010010 01001111 01000111 01000001 01010100 01000101 01000100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#66 &#82 &#79 &#71 &#65 &#84 &#69 &#68

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0042 0052 004F 0047 0041 0054 0045 0044

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

353652494135543938

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Quotations: Historic
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Usage Frequency
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Derivations
10. Rhymes
11. Anagrams
12. Orthography
13. Bibliography


  

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