disannul

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UK/dɪsəˈnʌl/

verb

To annul, do away with; to cancel.

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Meanings

verbdisannul (third-person singular simple present disannuls, present participle disannulling, simple past and past participle disannulled)

present singular third person disannuls · participle present disannulling · participle past disannulled · past disannulled

  1. To annul, do away with; to cancel.

    Ye shall not thynke that I am come to disanull the lawe, or the prophets.

    1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Matthew
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    But it is in our power, if not to dissanull, at least to diminish the same, through patience[…].

    1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 40, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC

    it is possible[…]out of mature judgment to avoid the effect, or disannul the cause, as they do that are troubled with toothache, pull them quite out.

    1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition 2, section 3, member 6

Origin

From dis- + annul.

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disannul. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disannul

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