cancel Copy link Outline I. Lit.II. Fig.1. indūco, duxi, ductum, 3 (with ref. to drawing the end of the stylus over writing in wax)2. tollo, sustŭli, sublātum, 33. cancello, 1 (from the practice of obliterating writing by cross lines) • cancel: I. Lit.: of written characters: dēleo; lĭtūram facio: v. to erase, BLOT OUT. II. Fig.: to revoke or annul (q. v.) a will, engagement, etc. 1. indūco, duxi, ductum, 3 (with ref. to drawing the end of the stylus over writing in wax): to c. a decree of the senate, senatus consultum in., Cic.: to c. contracts, locationes in., Liv. 2. tollo, sustŭli, sublātum, 3: v. to abolish. 3. cancello, 1 (from the practice of obliterating writing by cross lines): to c. a will, testamentum c., Ulp.: v. to repeal, rescind.