Word | abrogate |
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Definition | v. To repeal, take away; to avoid one's duty. |
Sentence | The doom or gift of God, of mortality, the gods of course cannot abrogate, but the Númenóreans have a great span of life. |
Source | The Silmarillion, p. xviii |
Tags: language::english, topic::vocabulary
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