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annul verb trans. Infl. -ll-. LME.
[Old French a(d)nuller (mod. annuler) from late Latin (Vulgate) annullare, from ad AN-3 + nullum nothing, neut. sing. of nullus NULL adjective.]
Cause to exist no longer; do away with; abolish; cancel. LME.
Milton Light..to me is extinct, And all her various objects of delight Annulled. R. W. Emerson Intellect annuls Fate. So far as a man thinks, he is free. K. Amis You, Who cannot annul a sparrow's footprint.
Declare invalid; spec. declare (a marriage) to have had no legal existence. LME.
Ld Macaulay A bill, which should at once annul all the statutes passed by the Long Parliament.
annullable adjective (rare) L17.