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    [Verb]  | "ne*gate" | \ ni-ˈgāt \


    1: to deny the existence or truth of

    2: to cause to be ineffective or invalid

    Origin: circa 1623 ;

     Borrowed from Latin negātus, past participle of negāre "to say (with the negative of a conjoined clause), deny, withhold, say no," delocutive derivative of nec "no, not" {mat|neglect:1|};

    [Verb]  | "negate" 


    1: to declare not to be true;


      * e.g., " ... this evidence negates his claim that he was not at the scene of the crime "




    2: to put an end to by formal action;


      * e.g., " ... Prohibition was established by the 18th amendment to the U.S. Constitution, only to be negated by the 21st amendment 13 years later "




    3: to think not to be true or real;


      * e.g., " ... you simply can't negate your feelings for someone, even if they don't feel the same way about you "



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