abdicate

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈæb.dɪˌkeɪt/   

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit. obsolete,transitive
  2. To formally separate oneself from or to divest oneself of. obsolete,reflexive,transitive
  3. To depose. obsolete,transitive
  4. To reject; to cast off; to discard. obsolete,transitive
    — [W]e were legally call'd by his Majeſties writ to give our Attendance in Parliament, […] if we did not, we ſhould betray the Truſt committed to us by his Majeſtie, and ſhamefully betray and abdicate the due right both of our ſelves and Succeſſours.
  5. To surrender, renounce or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; to fail to fulfill responsibility for. transitive
    — to abdicate the throne, the crown, the papacy
  6. To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity; to renounce sovereignty. intransitive
    — Though a king may abdicate for his own person, he cannot abdicate for the monarchy.

词形变化

abdicates present,singular,third-person abdicating participle,present abdicated participle,past abdicated past

词汇关系

反义词
claim grasp maintain occupy retain seize usurp
衍生词
abdicable abdicant abdication abdicative abdicator unabdicate

词源

First attested in 1532; borrowed from Latin abdicātus (“renounced”), perfect passive participle of abdicō (“to renounce, reject, disclaim”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), formed from ab (“away”) + dicō (“proclaim, dedicate, declare”), akin to dīcō (“to say”). Compare Middle English abdicat (“forsaken, renounced”).
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