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abdīcō

[abˈdiː.koː]

verb

LanguageLatin

Meaning
  1. to be against, disapprove of, reject, refuse, deny, forbid, disallow, condemn
  2. to take away by sentence, withhold a right
  3. to be against
  4. To officially reject, refuse, or forbid something, often through a formal judgment or religious sign.
Examples

Itaque sue inventā ad merīdiem spectāns in vīneā mediā dīcitur cōnstitisse, cumque in quattuor partīs vīneam dīvīsisset trīsque partīs avēs abdīxissent, quārtā parte, quae erat relīqua, in regiōnēs distribūta, mīrābilī magnitūdine ūvam, ut scriptum vidēmus, invēnit.

So, with the sow found, he is said to have stood in the middle of the vinyard looking south, and when he divided the vinyard into four parts the birds refused three parts, and with the fourth part, which was remaining, divided into regions, he found, as we find written, a bunch of grapes of extraordinary size.

Pronunciationabˈdiː.koː

Part of speechverb

Usage noteNote the long 'i' in the root, distinguishing it from the other verb abdico.

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