different between quash vs abolish
quash
English
Etymology
From Middle English quaschen, quasshen, cwessen, quassen, from Old French quasser, from Latin quass?re, present active infinitive of quass?, under the influence of cass? (“I annul”), from Latin quati? (“I shake”), from Proto-Indo-European *k?eh?t- (“to shake”) (same root for the English words: pasta, paste, pastiche, pastry). Cognate with Spanish quejar (“to complain”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kw??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /kw??/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /kw??/
- Rhymes: -??
Verb
quash (third-person singular simple present quashes, present participle quashing, simple past and past participle quashed)
- To defeat decisively.
- a. 1677, Isaac Barrow, Of Contentment (sermon)
- Contrition is apt to quash or allay all worldly grief.
- a. 1677, Isaac Barrow, Of Contentment (sermon)
- (obsolete) To crush or dash to pieces.
- 1645, Edmund Waller, The Battle Of The Summer Islands
- The whales / Against sharp rocks, like reeling vessels, quashed, / Though huge as mountains, are in pieces dashed.
- 1645, Edmund Waller, The Battle Of The Summer Islands
- (law) To void or suppress (a subpoena, decision, etc.).
Related terms
- cask
- casket
- concussion
- discuss, discussion
- fracas
- percussion
- rescue
- squash
Translations
Anagrams
- huqas
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abolish
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)
- To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice. [First attested from around 1350 to 1470.]
- (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
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
References
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- what abolished the french monarchy
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