( ezeztatu)

du/ad.

a. ( legea) to abolish, repeal, abrogate, revoke

b. ( ezkontza) to annul

c. ( agindua) to overturn, countermand

d. ( auzitegi batek bestearen ebazpena, erabakia) to overturn, reverse

e. ( txartela, e.a.) to invalidate

2. ( deuseztatu)

a. to annihiliate, destroy, obliterate, devastate

b. ( guztiak hil) to kill off, exterminate

3. ( ukatu) to deny; egia dela ezeztatzen dute they deny that is true

4. ( kantzelatu) to cancel

5. ( indarra) to neutralize, nullify, offset

b. to overwhelm; beha ezazu nola presuna bat gazterik zahartzera aldatzen eta ezeztatzen den look how a person changes and is overwhelmed in passing from youth to old age

6. ( norbaitek esandakoa) to contradict, counter da/ad.

1. a to be destroyed, be crushed

b. ( hilik) to die out, become extinct

2. ( desagertu) to disappear, vanish; \ezeztatu bat bezala \ezeztatu zen it vanished like a figment of the imagination

3. (G) ( ahaztu) to forget; \ezeztatu naiz I've forgotten

4. \ezeztaturik gelditu naiz I'm overwhelmed

negar, no aceptar,/ contradecir,/ aniquilarse, anonadar,/ anular

[from Rom. *effasiare, cf. Fr. "effacer"] du/ad.

1. ( idatzitakoa, e.a.)

a. ( oro.) to erase, wipe away; hondarrean idazten dena laster ezabatzen da what's written in sand is soon wiped away

b. ( marrak jarriaz) to cross out; zerrandako zenbait \ezabaturik agertzen dira some on the list appear crossed out

c. Inform. to delete

2. ( ezeztatu)

a. to wipe out, obliterate, remove, do away with; haren hilketaren aztarna guztiak ezabatzeko in order to {obliterate || remove} all traces of his murder; naziotasuna ukatzen digutenek, logika osoaz Eskola Nazionala eraikitzeko eskubidea \ezabatu nahi digute those who deny us our nationhood logically wish to do away with the right for us to build our National School

b. to wipe away; haurtzaroko orbainak gaztaroak ezabatzen ditu the scars of childhood are wiped away by one's youth

3. ( ezkutatu, gorde) Arkaismoa. to keep, hold in; bere haserrea ezabatzen badoa he's holding his anger in da/ad. Arkaismoa. to hide away, steal away, vanish; hori esan eta \ezabatu zen aingerua the angel said that and vanished

[from Lat. lege (law)] iz.

a. ( oro.) law; oinarrizko \legea basic law; hizkuntza-\lege berriak new language laws; \lege berezi special law; \lege berri bat atera to come out with a new law; \lege nagusi main law; \lege saliko Salic law; \lege zuzen just law; \legea {bete || gorde} to comply with a law | to abide by a law | to obey a law; \legea hautsi to break the law; \legea {indargabetu || kendu || ezeztatu} to abolish a law | to abrogate a law; \legea zapaldu to break the law; \legeak {atera || egin} to legislate; \legeak bildu to codify laws; \legeak {ezarri || jarri} to law down the law | to impose laws; \legeak hala agintzen \\ debekatzen du the law so demands \\ prohibits it; indarrean dauden \legeak the laws in force; \legetik riten to break the law | to infringe upon the law

b. ( legegaia) act; \lege bat onartu to pass a law

c. [ izenen aurrean ] law-, legal; \lege-babes legal protection; \lege-balio legal value; \lege-indarra dauka it has the force of law; \lege-jakitunen iritzian in the opinion of legal experts; \lege-nortasun legal identity; \lege testu legal text

a. ( legetza) law; \lege zahar i. charter law ii. pre-Revolutionary law; Ingalaterrako \legea eta Italiakoa bestelakoak dira English and Italian law are different | English law differs from Italian law; \legearen arabera in accordance with the law | by law; \legearen ordezkari officer of the law; \legera jo to take legal recourse; i-r \legetik askatu to exempt sb from the law; \legera jo to take legal recourse; \legez kanpo i. outside the law | illegal ii. illegally; \legez kanpo dago he's outside the law

b. (esa.) \lege zaharreko gizona da he's an old stick-in-the-mud | he's an old-fashioned man

3. ( araua)

a. rule, law; joko-\legeak rules of the game

b. ( merkataritzari, trafikoari, lehiaketari d.) rule, regulation; bideetako \legeak road regulations

c. ( gizarteari d.) custom, rule, practice; ohitura \lege bihurtzen denean when practice becomes custom

d. (irud.) ezinak ez du \legerik nothing is impossible

4. ( egunerokoari d.) routine; bazkari-\legea egin dugu we've had our lunch; zozoak goizero bere saio-\legea du the thrush puts on its usual performance every morning

5. ( egitateei d.)

a. Fis. law; fisikaren \legeak the laws of physics; Newton-en \legeak Newton's laws; \lege bat aurkitu zen a law was discovered

b. law; \lege moral moral law; etika \lege law of ethics

c. Kristau. Jainkoaren \lege santua God's holy law; Jaunak Hamar Aginteen \legea eman zuenean when the Lord give the law of the Ten Commandments; Moisesen \legeea the law of Moses

6. Kristau. L\lege Zaharra the Old Testament

7. ( maitasarrea) affection; \lege handia hartu diot I've grown rather fond of him | I've taken rather a liking to him

8. ( mota) kind; hiru \lege sagar three kinds of apples

9. ( metaleei d.) purity, legal standard of fineness; \lege oneko urre standard gold; \lege txarreko urre base gold | substandard gold; \lege urruko disreputable