Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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abrogate

UK /ˈæb.ɹəʊ.ɡeɪt/ · US /ˈæb.ɹoʊˌɡeɪt/ verb, adjective

Forms abrogates abrogating abrogated abrogen

  1. verb (transitive, law) To annul (as a law, decree, ordinance, etc.) by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or their successor; to repeal.
  2. verb (transitive) To put an end to; to do away with.
  3. verb (molecular biology, transitive) To block a process or function.
  4. adjective (archaic) Abrogated; abolished.

Synonyms

abolish annul countermand invalidate nullify overrule overturn quash repeal rescind retract reverse revoke set aside supersede suspend undo veto void waive

Antonyms

establish fix promulgate

Etymology

First attested in 1526, from Middle English abrogat (“abolished”), from Latin abrogātus, perfect passive participle of abrogō (“repeal”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), formed from ab (“away”) + rogō (“ask, inquire, propose”). See rogation.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Abrogated; abolished. [Obs.] Latimer.
  2. verb To annul by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or his successor; to repeal; --applied to the repeal of laws, decrees, ordinances, the abolition of customs, etc. Let us see whether the New Testament abrogates what we so frequently see in the Old. South.
  3. verb To put an end to; to do away with. Shak.

Etymology [L. abrogatus, p. p.]

Etymology [L. abrogatus, p. p. of abrogare; ab + rogare to ask, require, propose. See Rogation.]

Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “abrogate”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details