abnegateとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

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.

発音

• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈæb.nɪ.ɡeɪt/, /ˈæb.ni.ɡeɪt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈæb.nɪ.ɡeɪt/

動詞

abnegate (third-person singular simple present abnegates, present participle abnegating, simple past and past participle abnegated)

1. (transitive) To deny (oneself something); to renounce or give up (a right, a power, a claim, a privilege, a convenience). [First attested in the early 17 century.]
   • 1898 December 10, “Asbell v. State”, in The Pacific Reporter, volume 55, page 339:

     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.

   • 1875 January, Brownson's Quarterly Review, page 20:

     All ancient and modern histories of nations abnegate God.

2. (transitive) To relinquish; to surrender; to abjure. [First attested in the mid 18 century.]

関連する語

• abnegation
• abnegator
• abnegatory

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