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abolere.

to abolish (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)

7 characters4 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

verb/abʊˈleːrə/
  1. to abolish (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)

    literary · rare · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Latin abolēre, present active infinite of aboleō (“to retard, destroy, abolish”), from both ab- (“away, from, off”), from Latin ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) + and from *oleō (“to grow”), from Proto-Italic *oleō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂oléye-, from *h₂el- (“to grow, nourish”).

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