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abdicate
 
SYLLABICATION:ab·di·cate
PRONUNCIATION:  bd-kt
VERB:Inflected forms: ab·di·cat·ed, ab·di·cat·ing, ab·di·cates
TRANSITIVE VERB: To relinquish (power or responsibility) formally.
INTRANSITIVE VERB: To relinquish formally a high office or responsibility.
ETYMOLOGY:Latin abdicre, abdict-, to disclaim : ab-, away; see ab–1 + dicre, to proclaim; see deik- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:abdi·ca·ble (-k-bl) —ADJECTIVE
abdi·cation —NOUN
abdi·cator —NOUN
 
 
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