different between abolish vs illegalize

English

Etymology

From late Middle English abolisshen, from Middle French abolir, aboliss- (extended stem), from Latin abol?re (“to retard, check the growth of, (and by extension) destroy, abolish”), inchoative abol?scere (“to wither, vanish, (Classical) cease”), probably from ab (“from, away from”) + *ol?re (“to increase, grow”) which is found only in compound.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: ?-b?l'?sh IPA^(key): /??b?l??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??b?l.??/, /??b?l.??/

Verb

abolish (third-person singular simple present abolishes, present participle abolishing, simple past and past participle abolished or (obsolete) abolisht)

1. To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice. [First attested from around 1350 to 1470.]
2. (archaic) To put an end to or destroy, as a physical object; to wipe out. [First attested from around 1350 to 1470.]

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice): abrogate, annul, cancel, dissolve, nullify, repeal, revoke

Antonyms

• (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice): establish, found

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English

Alternative forms

• illegalise

Etymology

illegal +? -ize or i- +? legalize

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??li???l??z/

Verb

illegalize (third-person singular simple present illegalizes, present participle illegalizing, simple past and past participle illegalized)

1. To make illegal; to prohibit by law, to criminalize. [from 19th c.]
   • 2000, Lois Bibbings, Donald Nicolson, Feminist Perspectives on Criminal Law, p. 111:

     Only as recently as 1991 was the rape by a husband of his wife illegalised.

   • 2002, David Evans, A History of Nature Conservation in Britain, p. 47:

     A 1908 Act illegalised the teagle, a particularly nasty snare of baited hooks joined by strings which was put out to attract birds during hard weather.

   • 2013, A Scott Berg, Wilson, Berkley 2014, p. 41:

     Although slavery had been illegalized by 1870, fundamental prejudice could not be legislated away.

Antonyms

• legalize

Derived terms

• illegalization

See also

• criminalize
• outlaw

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