different between negate vs negatory

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin neg?tus, past participle of neg?re (“to deny, refuse, decline”), reduced from *nec-aiare (or a similar form), from nec (“not, nor”) + aiere (“to say”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n???e?t/
• Rhymes: -e?t

Verb

negate (third-person singular simple present negates, present participle negating, simple past and past participle negated)

1. To deny the existence, evidence, or truth of; to contradict.

2. To nullify or cause to be ineffective.

   Progress on the study has been negated by the lack of funds.

   Persecution can be negated through exposure.

3. To be negative; bring or cause negative results.

   a pessimism that always negates

4. (computing) To perform the NOT operation on.

Related terms

• negative
• negativeness
• negativism
• negativity
• negation

Translations

Further reading

• negate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• negate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• geneat

Italian

Adjective

negate f pl

1. feminine plural of negato

Verb

negate

1. second-person plural present of negare
2. second-person plural imperative of negare
3. feminine plural past participle of negare

Anagrams

• agente

Latin

Participle

neg?te

1. vocative masculine singular of neg?tus

English

Etymology

From Middle French negatoire, from Medieval Latin negatorius, from Latin negatus

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?n????t??i/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n???t(?)?i/

Adjective

negatory (not comparable)

1. Negative, negating.
   • 1768, Lord Chief Baron Parker, A Report of the Proceedings, Particularly on the Commission in Error, in the Cause of, Thomas Harrison, … against John Alexander…, pages 198–199:

     No negative Words are necessary here, because the qualifying Words will be absolutely negatory, if they do not imply an Exclusion of the superior Courts.

   • 2011, Wolfgang Faber, Brigitta Lurger, Acquisition and Loss of Ownership of Goods, page 1244:

     In any case, a negatory action may be brought only for a single instance of violation.

Noun

negatory

1. (military, CB slang) No.
   • 1991, Rick Hautala, Cold Whisper, page 421:

     Dolores... was asking if he had crossed the Penobscot River in Medway yet. "That's a negatory on that one, Darlin'."

Related terms

• negate
• negator