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    [Verb]  | "abol*ish" | \ ə-ˈbä-lish \


    1: to end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul


    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English abolysshen, borrowed from Middle French aboliss-, stem of abolir "to abolish," borrowed from Latin abolēre "to destroy, efface, put an end to," perhaps formed from abolēscere "to shrivel up, be effaced, fall into disuse," from ab- {see: |ab-|ab-} + -ol-, medial form of the base of alere "to nourish, bring up" + -ēsc-, inchoative suffix {mat|old:1|};

    [Verb]  | "abolished" 


    1: to put an end to by formal action;


      * e.g., " ... the U.S. abolished slavery by constitutional amendment on December 6, 1865 "



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    2: to destroy all traces of;


      * e.g., " ... if only there were a way that we could abolish hatred and intolerance "



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    [Verb]  | "abolish" 


    1: to put an end to by formal action;


      * e.g., " ... the U.S. abolished slavery by constitutional amendment on December 6, 1865 "



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    2: to destroy all traces of;


      * e.g., " ... if only there were a way that we could abolish hatred and intolerance "



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