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adeem

[ uh-deem ]

verb (used with object)

, Law.
  1. to revoke (a legacy) by ademption.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of adeem1

1835–45; < Latin adimere to take away, deprive of, confiscate, equivalent to ad- ad- + -imere, combining form of emere to take, buy; spelling conformed to redeem

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