abolish Copy link Outline 1. tollo, sustŭli, sublātum, 32. ābŏleo, lēvi, lĭtum, 23. dissolvo, solvi, sōlūtum, 34. exstinguo, stinxi, stinctum, 35. intĕrĭmo, ēmi, emptum, 36. pĕrĭmo, etc. 37. abrŏgo, 1 (to repeal a law)8. extermĭno, 1 to ab. authority from the state, auctoritatem e civitate ex., Cic. • abolish: 1. tollo, sustŭli, sublātum, 3: to ab. the dictatorship, dictaturam t., Cic.: to ab. old laws, veteres leges t., Cic.: to ab. friendship from life, t. amicitiam e vita, Cic.: v. to take away. 2. ābŏleo, lēvi, lĭtum, 2: to ab. an office, magistratum ab., Liv.: v. to do away with, obliterate. 3. dissolvo, solvi, sōlūtum, 3: to ab. the laws of Caesar, leges Caesaris d.. Cic.: to ab. religious observances, religiones d., Liv.. to ab. the royal power, regiam potestatem d., Nep. to ab. corporations, collegia d., Suet. 4. exstinguo, stinxi, stinctum, 3: to ab. a law, custom, legem, consuetudinem ex., Cic. 5. intĕrĭmo, ēmi, emptum, 3: to ab. sacred rites, sacra int., Cic. (rare in this sense). 6. pĕrĭmo, etc. 3: to ab. and do away with games, ludos p. atque tollere, Cic.: v. to destroy. 7. abrŏgo, 1 (to repeal a law): v. to abrogate. 8. extermĭno, 1 to ab. authority from the state, auctoritatem e civitate ex., Cic.: v. to banish.
ABOLISH Copy link • ABOLISHtollere (the proper word: e.g., an office, law, magistracy, tax, etc.): abolere (Vid: history, quite to remove and make invalid laws, customs, religion, wills): abrogare (to abolish by the authority of the people; a law, decree; also a magistracy): derogare legi or aliquid de lege (of a partial abolition; but sometimes with accusative forabrogare, Ochsn., Cic.., Eclog., p. 85): obrogare legi (to render it a dead letter, wholly or in part, by a subsequent enactment): solvere, dissolvere, resolvere (to abolish a custom, , etc., also adimere consuetudinem, Tac.): rescindere (to cancel and make void; e.g., decrees, compacts, wills, etc.): inducere (to strike out, a resolution, a decree, of the Senate, a contract, locationem): pervertere (abolish by violence; laws, justice, etc.). Destroy, delere (blot out; hence, deprive of its existence): exstinguere (to put out, and so cause to cease; hope, spem, etc.): tollere (to take away; destroy, urbem, legem, etc.): evertere (to overthrow; urbem, rempublicam, reipublicae fundaments): subvertere (to overthrow, imperium, leges, libertatem): perdere (to destroy completely, fruges, etc.). To utterly abolish, funditus tollere, evertere, etc.