\Ab"ro*gate\, a. [L. abrogatus, p. p.]
Abrogated; abolished. [Obs.] --Latimer.

\Ab"ro*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abrogated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Abrogating}.] [L. abrogatus, p. p. of abrogare; ab +
rogare to ask, require, propose. See {Rogation}.]
1. To annul by an authoritative act; to abolish by the
   authority of the maker or his successor; to repeal; --
   applied to the repeal of laws, decrees, ordinances, the
   abolition of customs, etc.
         Let us see whether the New Testament abrogates what
         we so frequently see in the Old.      --South.
         Whose laws, like those of the Medes and Persian,
         they can not alter or abrogate.       --Burke.
2. To put an end to; to do away with. --Shak.
Syn: To abolish; annul; do away; set aside; revoke; repeal;
     cancel; annihilate. See {Abolish}.