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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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The father’s death did not disannul the promise of the Lord.

From My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year by Jowett, John Henry

And "the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after," did not disannul that covenant "that was confirmed before of God in Christ."

From Bertha and Her Baptism by Adams, Nehemiah

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 Pinelli, Bartolomeo

I have come to England to disannul our marriage.

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

“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 Summers, Thomas O. (Thomas Osmond)

Then the commandment that went afore, is disannulled, because of his weakness and unprofitableness.

From The first New Testament printed in English by

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 Cushing, Harry Alonzo

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

A question mark was changed to a period in the following sentence, “The question to be decided is whether these regulations are still in force, or whether they were disannulled by the gospel dispensation.”

From War Inconsistent with the Religion of Jesus Christ by Dodge, David Low

And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.

From A Brief Commentary on the Apocalypse by Bliss, Sylvester

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 Vine, W. E.

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 Pinnock, William

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

From Barlaam and Ioasaph by John of Damascus, Saint

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