different between overturn vs abrogate

English

Etymology

From Middle English overturnen, equivalent to over- +? turn. Compare also Middle English overterven (“to overturn”), see terve.

Verb

overturn (third-person singular simple present overturns, present participle overturning, simple past and past participle overturned)

1. (transitive or intransitive) To turn over, capsize or upset.
2. (transitive) To overthrow or destroy.
3. (law, transitive) To reverse (a decision); to overrule or rescind.
4. (transitive) To diminish the significance of a previous defeat by winning; to make a comeback from.

Translations

Noun

overturn (plural overturns)

1. A turning over or upside-down; inversion.
2. The overturning or overthrow of some institution or state of affairs; ruin.

Anagrams

• turn over, turnover

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?