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Definition: ABROGATED |
ABROGATEDImperative & past participle1. Of Abrogate |
Date "ABROGATED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1644. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms 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. | |
Crosswords: ABROGATED |
| English words defined with "ABROGATED": Abrogable. (references) |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
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. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
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. | ||
| "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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 72.55% | 37 | 56,631 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 27.45% | 14 | 93,893 |
| Total | 100.00% | 51 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "ABROGATED": be abrogated. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
abrogated | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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. | ||
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). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "ABROGATED" (pronounced a"brugā'tud) |
| 7 | -r u g ā' t u d | aggregated, congregated, corrugated, interrogated, irrigated, segregated. |
| 6 | -u g ā' t u d | castigated, delegated, instigated, investigated, mitigated, navigated, obligated, propagated, relegated, subjugated, unmitigated. |
| 5 | -g ā' t u d | desegregated, litigated, promulgated. |
| 4 | -ā' t u d | abbreviated, 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 d | abated, 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. | ||
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. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 42 52 4F 47 41 54 45 44 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -... .-. --- --. .- - . -.. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01000010 01010010 01001111 01000111 01000001 01010100 01000101 01000100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A B R O G A T E D |
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)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)353652494135543938 |
| 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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