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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Definitions abdicate verb (abdicat, ing) (transitive) To surrender, renounce or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; as, to abdicate the throne, the crown, the papacy. Note: The word abdicate was held to mean, in the case of James II, to abandon without a formal surrender. The cross-bearers abdicated their service. - Gibbon He abdicates all right to be his own governor. - Edmund Burke The understanding abdicates its functions. - Froude (transitive) (obsolete) To reject; to cast off. - Bp. Hall (transitive) To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit. (intransitive) To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity; to renounce sovereignty. Though a king may abdicate for his own person, he cannot abdicate for the monarchy. w:Edmund Burke, Edmund Burke Etymology: From (term, abdicatus, lang=la), past participle of (term, abdicare, lang=la), formed from (term, ab-, lang=la) + (term, dicare, , to proclaim, lang=la), akin to (term, dicere, , to say, lang=la).      Full Definition of abdicate  Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish     Show 51015202550 results per page. Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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