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disannul

American  
[dis-uh-nuhl] / ˌdɪs əˈnʌl /

verb (used with object)

disannulled, disannulling
  1. to annul utterly; make void.

    to disannul a contract.


disannul British  
/ ˌdɪsəˈnʌl /

verb

  1. (tr) law to cancel; make void

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of disannul

First recorded in 1485–95; dis- 1 + annul

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I have come to England to disannul our marriage.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 by Various

But where there is no authority to confer power, there can be none to disannul it.

From Report of Commemorative Services with the Sermons and Addresses at the Seabury Centenary, 1883-1885. by Diocese Of Connecticut

“The Lord of Hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it.”

From The Calvinistic Doctrine of Predestination Examined and Refuted by F. (Francis) Hodgson

This promise made unto Abraham by God, to be fulfilled by Christ, "the law, which was four hundred and thirty years afterwards, could not disannul."

From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by William Rounseville Alger

Wilt thou dare To disannul my judgments? and above Unerring wisdom, and unbounded power Exalt thine own?

From Man of Uz, and Other Poems by Lydia Howard Sigourney

It is disannulled and taken away by the one that succeeds it.

From The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity by Charles Ebert Orr

In the last, it is employed in the original of the following:—"And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand."

From The Ordinance of Covenanting by John Cunningham

For his services he received the sum of 200l. currency per annum; but the legislature at last thought it a waste of the public money, and within these few years the office has been disannulled.

From Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day by Anonymous

Which principles, if they were disannulled, there is no man but would diligently pursue pleasure by right or wrong.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics by Sir John Alexander Hammerton

"Many rather fall upon me for what hath been received; but I hope such suits will be disannulled."

From A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 by Wallace Notestein

Daniel tells us the mode of the disannulling.

From The Roman Empire in the Light of Prophecy The Rise, Progress, and End of the Fourth World-empire by W. E. Vine

Then he reckoned up in order the good things wherefrom we excluded ourselves by the disannulling of his commandment.

From Barlaam and Ioasaph by Saint John of Damascus

It began by an act of oblivion for all former words and actions, and by disannulling all the cruel edicts of Calig'ula.

From Pinnock's improved edition of Dr. Goldsmith's History of Rome to which is prefixed an introduction to the study of Roman history, and a great variety of valuable information added throughout the work, on the manners, institutions, and antiquities of the Romans; with numerous biographical and historical notes; and questions for examination at the end of each section. By Wm. C. Taylor. by William Pinnock

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