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• Succession to the Throne Act 1937 — The Succession to the Throne Act (1 Geo. VI, c.16) was the Act of the Canadian Parliament thatratified Canadian consent to His Majesty s Declaration of Abdication Act 1936, an Act of the United Kingdom Parliament that allowed King Edward VIII to… …   Wikipedia

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• Abdicate — Ab di*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abdicated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Abdicating}.] [L. abdicatus, p. p. of abdicare; ab + dicare to proclaim, akin to dicere to say. See {Diction}.] 1. To surrender or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• abdicate — verb /ˈæbdɪkeɪt/ a) 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… …   Wiktionary

• abdicate — ab|di|cate [ˈæbdıkeıt] v [I and T] [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of abdicare, from ab away, off + dicare to say publicly ] 1.) to give up the position of being king or queen ▪ King Alfonso XIII abdicated in favour of his… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• abdicate — abdicate, renounce, resign are synonymous when they are used in the sense of to give up formally or definitely a position of trust, honor, or glory, or its concomitant authority or prerogatives. Abdicate is the precise word to use when that which …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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• abdicate — ► VERB 1) (of a monarch) renounce the throne. 2) fail to fulfil or undertake (a duty). DERIVATIVES abdication noun. ORIGIN Latin abdicare renounce …   English terms dictionary

• abdicate — v. (D; intr.) to abdicate from (the king has abdicated from the throne) USAGE NOTE: One can also say the king has abdicated the throne; most frequently, one simply says: the king has abdicated. * * * [ æbdɪkeɪt] (D; intr.) to abdicate from (USAGE …   Combinatory dictionary