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abolishes

abolishes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of abolish.

Meaning of abolish

Verb

abolish (third-person singular simple present abolishes, present participle abolishing, simple past and past participle abolished or (obsolete) abolisht)

  1. To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice.
    • Slavery was abolished in the nineteenth century.
    Antonyms:
    establish, found
  2. (archaic) To put an end to or destroy, as a physical object; to wipe out.
    • And with thy blood abolish so reproachful blot.1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene

Questions about abolishes

What is abolishes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Abolishes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of abolish.

Words near abolishes in the dictionary

  1. abolishable
  2. abolished
  3. abolishedst
  4. abolisher
  5. abolishers
  6. abolishes
  7. abolishest
  8. abolisheth
  9. abolishing
  10. abolishment
  11. abolishments

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