abolish practice

abolish practice
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  • abolish — [ə bäl′ish] vt. [ME abolisshen < OFr aboliss , extended stem of abolir < L abolescere, to decay little by little, inceptive of abolere, to retard, destroy: formed, with ab , from, to contrast with adolere, to increase, grow] to do away with …   English World dictionary

  • abolish — ► VERB ▪ formally put an end to (a practice or institution). ORIGIN Latin abolere destroy …   English terms dictionary

  • abolish — 01. The death penalty was [abolished] in this country about 50 years ago. 02. Hitting children as punishment for bad behavior was [abolished] in schools when I was a child. 03. The government has passed a law [abolishing] prayer in public schools …   Grammatical examples in English

  • practice — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 actual doing of sth VERB + PRACTICE ▪ put sth into ▪ I can t wait to put what I ve learned into practice. PREPOSITION ▪ in practice ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

  • abolish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. annul, cancel, abrogate; exterminate, wipe out. See nullification, destruction. Ant., establish, reinstate. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. suppress, eradicate, terminate, exterminate, obliterate, do away… …   English dictionary for students

  • abolish */*/ — UK [əˈbɒlɪʃ] / US [əˈbɑlɪʃ] verb [transitive] Word forms abolish : present tense I/you/we/they abolish he/she/it abolishes present participle abolishing past tense abolished past participle abolished to officially get rid of a law, system,… …   English dictionary

  • abolish — verb ADVERB ▪ altogether (esp. BrE), completely, entirely, totally ▪ Some say the tax should be abolished entirely. ▪ virtually ▪ largely …   Collocations dictionary

  • abolish — a|bol|ish [ ə balıʃ ] verb transitive * to officially get rid of a law, system, practice, etc.: Congress should abolish the estate tax …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • abolish — [[t]əbɒ̱lɪʃ[/t]] abolishes, abolishing, abolished VERB If someone in authority abolishes a system or practice, they formally put an end to it. [V n] The following year Parliament voted to abolish the death penalty for murder... The whole system… …   English dictionary

  • abolish — verb formally put an end to (a practice or institution). Derivatives abolishable adjective abolisher noun abolishment noun Origin ME: from OFr. aboliss , lengthened stem of abolir, from L. abolere destroy …   English new terms dictionary

  • abolish — v.tr. put an end to the existence or practice of (esp. a custom or institution). Derivatives: abolishable adj. abolisher n. abolishment n. Etymology: ME f. F abolir f. L abolere destroy …   Useful english dictionary

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