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From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Re·peal
v. t.
[
imp. &
p
. p.
Repealed
p.
pr
. &
vb
. n.
Repealing
.]
1.
To
recall
;
to
summon
again
,
as
persons
. [
Obs
.]
The
banished
Bolingbroke
repeals
himself
,
And
with
uplifted
arms
is
safe
arrived
. --
Shak
.
2.
To
recall
,
as
a
deed
,
will
,
law
,
or
statute
;
to
revoke
;
to
rescind
or
abrogate
by
authority
,
as
by
act
of
the
legislature
;
as
,
to
repeal
a
law
.
3.
To
suppress
;
to
repel
. [
Obs
.]
Whence
Adam
soon
repealed
The
doubts
that
in
his
heart
arose
. --
Milton
.
Syn:
--
To
abolish
;
revoke
;
rescind
;
recall
;
annul
;
abrogate
;
cancel
;
reverse
.
See
Abolish
.
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