abdicate definition
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abdication 1550s, a disowning, from Latin abdicationem (nominative abdicatio) renunciation, abdication, noun of action from past participle stem of abdicare (see abdicate); sense of resignation of sovereignty is from 1680s.
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- abduct (verb) abrupt (adjective) absent (adjective) absolve (verb) to take someone away by force. a sudden break away from something; unexpected change. away from a location; not present; gone. to set free away from guilt or obligation. abduct (verb) to take someone away by force. abrupt (adjective)
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- waiving. 1  transitive verb. 2  1 archaic : give up, forsake. 3  2 : to throw away (stolen goods) 4  3 archaic : to shunt aside (a danger or duty) : evade. 5  4a : to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily waive a jury trialb : to refrain from pressing or enforcing (something, such as a claim or rule) : forgo waive the fee.
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appease Appease definition, to bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm, or contentment; pacify; soothe: to appease an angry king. See more.
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quit v. quit quit•ted, quit•ting, v.t. 1. to stop, cease, or discontinue. 2. to depart from; leave (a place or person). 3. to resign; relinquish: He quit his claim to the throne. 4. to release one's hold of (something grasped).
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furnish Appoint (now found only in well-appointed ) means to furnish completely with all requisites or accessories or in an elegant style: a well-appointed house. Equip means to supply with necessary materials or apparatus for some service, action, or undertaking; it emphasizes preparation: to equip a vessel, a soldier.
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abdication abdication (plural abdications) ( 1 obsolete) The act of disowning or disinheriting a child. [Attested from the mid 16th century until the mid 17th century.] 2  The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder. [First attested in the early 17th century.]
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adduct 1. to move or draw toward the axis of the body or one of its parts (opposed to abduct). n. 2. a combination of two or more stable chemical compounds by means of van der Waals' forces, coordinate bonds, or covalent bonds.
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resign Synonym Discussion of abdicate. abdicate, renounce, resign mean to give up a position with no possibility of resuming it. abdicate implies a giving up of sovereign power or sometimes an evading of responsibility such as that of a parent abdicated the throne.
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Meaning of âabolishâ in the English Dictionary uk ​ /əˈbɒlɪʃ/ us ​. › LAW, GOVERNMENT to end an activity, custom, etc. completely or by law or official action: Educationalists have called on the government to abolish tax on computers. The government has pledged to abolish child poverty by 2020.
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- Place the lamb on a rack in a shallow roasting pan and put into the pre-heated oven. If your oven has a meat probe insert the sensor into the thickest part of the lamb taking care not to touch the bone and program to 135 degrees.Set the timer for 15 minutes then reduce the temperature to 350 degrees for the remainder of the cooking time.When the internal temperature has reached 135 degrees, remove the roast from the oven and be sure to rest the meat for 15 minutes prior to carving. Baked Glazed Ham. 1 – 5 -7lb bone in ham (shank or butt end).lace the lamb on a rack in a shallow roasting pan and put into the pre-heated oven. If your oven has a meat probe insert the sensor into the thickest part of the lamb taking care not to touch the bone and program to 135 degrees.
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surrender To give up or abandon: surrender all hope. To give over or resign (oneself) to something, as to an emotion: surrendered himself to grief. Law To effectuate a surrender of. verb. intransitive
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- ABD. All But Dissertation -- someone who is working on a PhD, and has completed all requirements except the dissertation.
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- Ceremonies during the annexation of the Republic of Hawaii. Sarajevo citizens reading a poster with the proclamation of the Austrian annexation of Bosnia, which sparked the Bosnian crisis in 1908. Annexation (Latin ad, to, and nexus, joining) is the forcible acquisition of a state's territory by another state. Usually, it is implied that the territory and population being annexed is the smaller, more peripheral, and weaker of the two merging entities, barring physical size.
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abandon To withdraw one's support or help from, especially in spite of duty, allegiance, or responsibility; desert: abandon a friend in trouble. To give up by leaving or ceasing to operate or inhabit, especially as a result of danger or other impending threat: abandoned the ship.
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- impeachverb [ T ] uk ​ /ɪmˈpiːtʃ/ us ​ /ɪmˈpiːtʃ/. › to make a formal statement saying that a public official is guilty of a serious offence in connection with their job, especially in the US: The governor was impeached for wrongful use of state money. impeachable. adjective uk ​ /ɪmˈpiːtʃ.ə.bəl/ us ​ /ɪmˈpiːtʃ.ə.bəl/.
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Definition of 'yield' SYNONYMY NOTE: yield implies a giving way under the pressure or compulsion of force, entreaty, persuasion, etc. [to yield to demands]; capitulate implies surrender to a force that one has neither the strength nor will to resist further [to capitulate to the will of the majority]; succumb stresses the weakness of the one who gives way or the power and irresistibility of that which makes one yield [she succumbed to his charms]; relent suggests the yielding or softening of one in a dominant ...
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abandon To withdraw one's support or help from, especially in spite of duty, allegiance, or responsibility; desert: abandon a friend in trouble. 2. To give up by leaving or ceasing to operate or inhabit, especially as a result of danger or other impending threat: abandoned the ship.
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Demise Demise, in its original meaning, is an Anglo-Norman legal term for the transfer of an estate, especially by lease. The word has an operative effect in a lease, implying a covenant for quiet enjoyment. The phrase demise of the Crown is used in English law to signify the immediate transfer of the sovereignty, with all its attributes and prerogatives, to the successor without any interregnum in accordance with the maxim the Crown never dies. At common law the death of the sovereign eo facto d
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appoint Definition of appoint for English Language Learners. : 1  to choose (someone) to have a particular job : to give (someone) a position or duty. : 2  to decide or establish (something) in an official way. : 3  to decide (the time or place at which something will happen or be done)
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- Abduct definition, to carry off or lead away (a person) illegally and in secret or by force, especially to kidnap. See more.
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Definition of 'abdicate' abdication (æbdɪkeɪʃən ) uncountable noun. ...the most serious royal crisis since the abdication of Edward VIII. 2. transitive verb. If you say that someone has abdicated responsibility for something, you disapprove of them because they have refused to accept responsibility for it any longer. [formal , disapproval] Many parents simply abdicate all responsibility for their children.
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explicate The verb explicate comes from the Latin explicāre, which means to unfold or unravel. This is a good description of a word that means to explain something to make it clearer and more easily understandable.
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appease appease. 1  to bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm, or contentment; pacify; soothe: to appease an angry king. 2  to satisfy, allay, or relieve; assuage: The fruit appeased his hunger. 3  to yield or concede to the belligerent demands of (a nation, group, person, etc.) in a conciliatory effort, sometimes at the expense of justice or other principles.
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abd ABD's. : a doctoral candidate who has completed required courses and examinations but not a dissertation.