nullify
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nullify
- /ˈnʌlɪfaɪ/
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Proto-Indo-European *ís?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos
Proto-Italic *oinosder.
Proto-Italic *noinolos
Latin nūllusder.
Old French nul
Middle French nulbor.
English null
Latin -i-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *θakos
Proto-Italic *-fakos
Latin -ficus
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
Proto-Italic *-ājō
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin -ficō
Latin -ificāreder.
Old French -ifierbor.
Middle English -ifien
English -ify
English nullify
From null + -ify.
verb nullifies · nullifying · nullified
- To make legally invalid. Near-synonyms: cancel, void, quash
- To prevent from happening.
- To make of no use or value; to cancel out. The persuasion that a thing is impossible, at once nullifies endeavour, and like the Turkish "it is fate," torporises activity and exertion.
