Crossword clues for repealed
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Repeal \Re*peal"\ (r?-p?l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repealed (-p?ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. Repealing.] [OF. repeler to call back, F. rappeler; pref. re- re- + OF. apeler, F. appeler, to call, L. appellare. See Appeal, and. cf. Repel.]
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To recall; to summon again, as persons. [Obs.]
The banished Bolingbroke repeals himself, And with uplifted arms is safe arrived.
--Shak. 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.
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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Whence Adam soon repealed The doubts that in his heart arose.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.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: repeal)
Usage examples of "repealed".
The most odious parts of this edict were softened or repealed in the subsequent reigns.
The civil immunities which had been granted, or confirmed, by Severus, were gradually repealed by the Christian princes.
You would certainly have to have the First Law repealed to become either of those, and Susan would have been doing a service not only to me but to all mankind by preventing you from seeing me.