different between ostracize vs abrogate

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????????? (ostrakíz?, “to banish from a city by ostracism”), from ???????? (óstrakon, “earthenware vessel; fragment of such a vessel, potsherd”) (from the fact that when voting was held to decide whether to banish people, their names were inscribed on potsherds) + -???? (-íz?, suffix forming verbs)). The English word is cognate with French ostraciser.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??st??sa?z/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??st???sa?z/
• Hyphenation: os?trac?ize

Verb

ostracize (third-person singular simple present ostracizes, present participle ostracizing, simple past and past participle ostracized) (American spelling, Oxford British English)

1. (transitive, Ancient Greece, historical) To ban a person from a city for five or ten years through the procedure of ostracism. [from mid 19th c.]
2. (by extension) To exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence; to refuse to associate with or talk to; to shun. [from mid 17th c.]

   Synonyms: blackball, cut someone dead, give someone the cold shoulder, send to Coventry; see also Thesaurus:ignore

   Antonyms: see Thesaurus:pay attention

Alternative forms

• ostracise (British spelling)

Derived terms

Related terms

• ostracism
• ostracon, ostrakon
• ostracum
• ostracy (obsolete, rare)

Translations

See also

• silent treatment

Notes

References

Further reading

• ostracism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “ostracize”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• Croatizes, Socratize, socratize

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?os.t?a.?si.zi/, /?o?-/

Verb

ostracize

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of ostracizar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of ostracizar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of ostracizar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of ostracizar

English

Alternative forms

• abrogen (obsolete)

Etymology

First attested in 1526, from Middle English abrogat (“abolished”), from Latin abrog?tus, perfect passive participle of abrog? (“repeal”), formed from ab (“away”) + rog? (“ask, inquire, propose”). See rogation.

Pronunciation

• (adjective):
  • (UK) enPR: ?.b?r?.g?t, IPA^(key): /?æ.b??.??t/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /?æb.?????t/
• (verb):
  • (UK) enPR: ?b?r?g?t, ?b?r?g?t, IPA^(key): /?æb.???.?e?t/, /?æ.b??.?e?t/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /?æb.?o???e?t/, /?æb.????e?t/

Verb

abrogate (third-person singular simple present abrogates, present participle abrogating, simple past and past participle abrogated)

1. (transitive, law) To annul by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or her or his successor; to repeal; — applied to the repeal of laws, decrees, ordinances, the abolition of customs, etc. [First attested in the early 16^th century.]
   • 1660, Robert South, “The Scribe instructed, &c.”, in Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume 2, page 252:

     But let us look a little further, and see whether the New Testament abrogates what we see so frequently used in the Old.
2. (transitive) To put an end to; to do away with. [First attested in the early 16^th century.]
3. (molecular biology, transitive) To block a process or function.

Synonyms

• (to annul by authoritative act): abolish, annul, countermand, invalidate, nullify, overrule, overturn, quash, repeal, rescind, retract, reverse, revoke, set aside, supersede, suspend, undo, veto, void, waive, withdraw
• (to put an end to): abjure, annihilate, cancel, dissolve, do away with, end, obliterate, obviate, recant, subvert, terminate, vitiate, wipe out

Antonyms

• establish
• fix
• promulgate

Related terms

• abrogation

Translations

Adjective

abrogate (not comparable)

1. (archaic) Abrogated; abolished. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]

References

Further reading

• abrogate at OneLook Dictionary Search
• abrogate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Italian

Verb

abrogate

1. second-person plural present indicative of abrogare
2. second-person plural imperative of abrogare
3. feminine plural of abrogato

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ab.ro??a?.te/, [äbr???ä?t??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ab.ro??a.te/, [?br?????t??]

Verb

abrog?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of abrog?