Emily Dickinson Lexicon

AB'RO-GATE, v.t. [L. abrogo to repeal; from ab and rogo, to ask or propose. See the English reach. Class Rg.]

To repeal; to annul by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or his successor; applied to the repeal of laws, decrees, ordinances, the abolition of established customs, &c.