abdicate
pronunciation
How to pronounce abdicate in British English:
UK [ˈæbdɪkeɪt]
How to pronounce abdicate in American English:
US [ˈæbdɪkeɪt]
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- Verb:
- give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
Word Origin
- abdicate
- abdicate: see indicate
- abdicate (v.)
- 1540s, "to disown, disinherit (children)," from Latin abdicatus, past participle of abdicare "to disown, disavow, reject" (specifically abdicare magistratu "renounce office"), from ab- "away" (see ab-) + dicare "proclaim," from stem of dicere "to speak, to say" (see diction). Meaning "divest oneself of office" first recorded 1610s. Related: Abdicated; abdicating.
Example
- 1. However , there is no serious sign the erratic leader might abdicate .
- 2. Growing unrest fuelled by strikes and demonstrations across russia forced the tsar to abdicate in 1917 .
- 3. In peaceful britain , for example , might queen elizabeth , after 57 years on the throne , abdicate ?
- 4. The british wanted another candidate to run zanzibar , and demanded the nephew abdicate .
- 5. The old must abdicate new .