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repeal | x |

As a verb repeal

is to cancel, invalidate, annul.

As a noun repeal

is an act or instance of repealing.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

repeal

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To cancel, invalidate, annul.
    • to repeal a law
  • To recall; to summon (a person) again.
  • * Shakespeare
    • The banished Bolingbroke repeals himself, / And with uplifted arms is safe arrived.
  • To suppress; to repel.
  • * Milton
    • Whence Adam soon repealed / The doubts that in his heart arose.

    Synonyms

    * annul, cancel, invalidate, revoke, veto

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act or instance of repealing.

    • Anagrams

    *

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----