abnegate

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈæb.nɪ.ɡeɪt/    美 /ˈæb.nɪ.ɡeɪt/|/ˈæb.ni.ɡeɪt/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To deny (oneself something); to renounce or give up (a right, a power, a claim, a privilege, a convenience). transitive
    — To compel a state, upon theories of doubtful statutory interpretation, to appear as defendant suitor in its own courts, and to litigate with private parties as to whether it had abnegated its sovereignty of exemption, would be intolerable.
  2. To relinquish; to surrender; to abjure. transitive

词形变化

abnegates present,singular,third-person abnegating participle,present abnegated participle,past abnegated past

词汇关系

相关词
abnegation abnegator abnegatory

词源

First attested in 1657.
* Perhaps from Latin abnegō (“to refuse, reject”) from ab (“away from”) + negō (“to deny”),
* Alternatively, perhaps a back-formation from abnegation.
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