different between annul vs unpray

English

Etymology

From Middle English annullen, from Old French anuller, from Latin annull? (“annihilate, annul”), from ad (“to”) + n?llus (“none, not any”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?l
• IPA^(key): /??n?l/
• Homophone: Anal (an ethnic group in India; not to be confused with anal, which is not homophonous)

Verb

annul (third-person singular simple present annuls, present participle annulling, simple past and past participle annulled)

1. (transitive) To formally revoke the validity of.
   • 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Lecture 2:

     If you ask how religion thus falls on the thorns and faces death, and in the very act annuls annihilation, I cannot explain the matter, for it is religion's secret, and to understand it you must yourself have been a religious man of the extremer type.

2. (transitive) To dissolve (a marital union) on the grounds that it is not valid.

Derived terms

• annulment

Related terms

• (formally revoke the validity of): make or render null and void, null, nullify
• (dissolve (a marital union)): dissolve

Translations

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “annul”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• Luann, Lunan

English

Etymology

From un- +? pray.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n?p?e?/

Verb

unpray (third-person singular simple present unprays, present participle unpraying, simple past and past participle unprayed)

1. To revoke or annul (something previously prayed for) by prayer.
   • 1676, Matthew Hale, Contemplations, Moral and Divine

     the freeness and purity of his obedience carried him on to it , and made him , as it were , unpray what he had before prayed

Anagrams

• pay run, payrun