annul
[ uh-nuhl ]
/ əˈnʌl /
verb (used with object), an·nulled, an·nul·ling.
(especially of laws or other established rules, usages, etc.) to make void or null; abolish; cancel; invalidate: to annul a marriage.
to reduce to nothing; obliterate.
to cancel (a regularly scheduled train, plane, social event, etc.) for one day or one time only.
Origin of annul
1375–1425; late Middle English < Anglo-French
annuler < Late Latin
adnūllāre render null (calque of Greek
exoudeneîn), equivalent to
ad-
ad- +
-nullāre, verbal derivative of Latin
nūllus no, not any
OTHER WORDS FROM annul
an·nul·la·ble, adjective self-an·nul·ling, adjective un·an·nul·la·ble, adjective un·an·nulled, adjectiveWords nearby annul
Example sentences from the Web for annulled
British Dictionary definitions for annulled
annul
/ (əˈnʌl) /
verb -nuls, -nulling or -nulled
(tr)
to make (something, esp a law or marriage) void; cancel the validity of; abolish
Derived forms of annul
annullable, adjectiveWord Origin for annul
C14: from Old French
annuller, from Late Latin
annullāre to bring to nothing, from Latin
nullus not any; see
null