The Collaborative International Dictionary
Annul \An*nul"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Annulled; p. pr. & vb. n. Annulling.] [F. annuler, LL. annullare, annulare, fr. L. ad to + nullus none, nullum, neut., nothing. See Null, a.]
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To reduce to nothing; to obliterate.
Light, the prime work of God, to me's extinct. And all her various objects of delight Annulled.
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To make void or of no effect; to nullify; to abolish; to do away with; -- used appropriately of laws, decrees, edicts, decisions of courts, or other established rules, permanent usages, and the like, which are made void by component authority.
Do they mean to annul laws of inestimable value to our liberties?
--Burke.Syn: To abolish; abrogate; repeal; cancel; reverse; rescind; revoke; nullify; destroy. See Abolish.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of annul English)
WordNet
v. declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea" [syn: invalidate, quash, void, avoid, nullify] [ant: validate]
annul by recalling or rescinding; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence" [syn: revoke, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate]
See annul
Usage examples of "annulling".
Henry was much pleased with the election, the pope, who thought that prelate too much attached to the crown, assumed the power of annulling his election.
Reason-Principle and could not lodge in the indeterminate object without at once annulling the indeterminateness.
Potentiality may be thought of as a Substratum to states and shapes--and forms which are to be received, which it welcomes by its nature and even strives for--sometimes in gain but sometimes, also, to loss, to the annulling of some distinctive manner of Being already actually achieved.
All-Soul being whittled down into fragments, yet this is what they would be doing, annulling the All-Soul--if any collective soul existed at all--making it a mere piece of terminology, thinking of it like wine separated into many portions, each portion, in its jar, being described as a portion of the total thing, wine.
After making appointments, writing schedules, letters, and notes that would allow our household to continue in its predictable harmony, she marked the mirror in her hotel room with an annulling X in bright red lipstick, paid her bill with cash, flirted with, the doorman, and gave a large tip to the boy who brought her the car.