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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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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 Connecticut, Diocese Of

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 Skeats, Wilfred S.

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

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

“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)

PrAzar 11 Yet deliver us not up wholly, for thy name's sake, neither disannul thou thy covenant:

From Deuterocanonical Books of the Bible Apocrypha by Anonymous

Now that which is disannulled and waxed old, is ready to vanish away.

From The first New Testament printed in English by

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

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

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

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

From The first New Testament printed in English by

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 Cunningham, John

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.

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

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

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