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Verb

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abolēre

  1. inflection of aboleō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

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Etymology

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From Latin abolēre, present active infinite of aboleō (I retard, destroy, abolish), from both ab- (away, from, off), from Latin ab (from, away from, on, in), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (off, away) + and from *oleō (I grow), from Proto-Italic *oleō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂oléye-, from *h₂el- (to grow, nourish).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /abʊˈleːrə/
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  • Rhymes: -eːrə
  • Hyphenation: a‧bo‧le‧re

Verb

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abolere (passive aboleres, imperative aboler, present tense abolerer, simple past abolerte, past participle abolert, present participle abolerende, verbal noun abolering)

  1. (literary, rare, transitive) to abolish (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)
    Synonyms: avskaffe, gjøre ende på, fjerne
    • 1918, Henrik Wergeland, Samlede Skrifter V,1, page 261:
      den ved senere erklæringer formentlig modificerede og i aarenes løb i sig selv abolerede tirade «spreta juvenili levitate»
      the tirade «spreta juvenili levitate», which was probably modified by later declarations and over the years in itself abolished in itself
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