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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


Example Sentences

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Ye made peace with us that ye might get back your legions that were taken, and now ye would disannul it.

From Stories From Livy by Bartolomeo Pinelli

“The Lord of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?”

From History, Manners, and Customs of the North American Indians by Thomas O. (Thomas Osmond) Summers

I have come to England to disannul our marriage.

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

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

And are the nations so united now, In Canada, that nothing comes between To break the bond, or disannul the vow Of friendship and of fealty to our Queen?

From The Song of the Exile—A Canadian Epic by Wilfred S. Skeats

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

This declaration of Independence was received and ratified by all the States in the Union, and has never been disannulled.

From The Writings of Samuel Adams - Volume 4 by Harry Alonzo Cushing

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

Ay; but I was soon disannulled o' that thait, for, in spite of me, they were all got for him.

From Tommy and Grizel by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie

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

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

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

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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