Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to nullify
Participle: nullified
Gerund: nullifying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | nullify |
| you | nullify |
| he;she;it | nullifies |
| we | nullify |
| you | nullify |
| they | nullify |
Perfect
| I | have nullified |
| you | have nullified |
| he;she;it | has nullified |
| we | have nullified |
| you | have nullified |
| they | have nullified |
Past
| I | nullified |
| you | nullified |
| he;she;it | nullified |
| we | nullified |
| you | nullified |
| they | nullified |
Pluperfect
| I | had nullified |
| you | had nullified |
| he;she;it | had nullified |
| we | had nullified |
| you | had nullified |
| they | had nullified |
Future
| I | will nullify |
| you | will nullify |
| he;she;it | will nullify |
| we | will nullify |
| you | will nullify |
| they | will nullify |
Future Perfect
| I | will have nullified |
| you | will have nullified |
| he;she;it | will have nullified |
| we | will have nullified |
| you | will have nullified |
| they | will have nullified |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | nullify |
| you | nullify |
| he;she;it | nullify |
| we | nullify |
| you | nullify |
| they | nullify |
Perfect
| I | have nullified |
| you | have nullified |
| he;she;it | have nullified |
| we | have nullified |
| you | have nullified |
| they | have nullified |
Imperfect
| I | nullified |
| you | nullified |
| he;she;it | nullified |
| we | nullified |
| you | nullified |
| they | nullified |
Pluperfect
| I | had nullified |
| you | had nullified |
| he;she;it | had nullified |
| we | had nullified |
| you | had nullified |
| they | had nullified |
Conditional
Present
| I | would nullify |
| you | would nullify |
| he;she;it | would nullify |
| we | would nullify |
| you | would nullify |
| they | would nullify |
Perfect
| I | would have nullified |
| you | would have nullified |
| he;she;it | would have nullified |
| we | would have nullified |
| you | would have nullified |
| they | would have nullified |
Imperative
| you | nullify |
| we | Let's nullify |
| you | nullify |
Verbs conjugated like 'nullify'
accompany,
acetify,
acidify,
adsignify,
affy,
alacrify,
alkalify,
ally,
amnesty,
amplify,
angelify,
anglicify,
anglify,
apology,
apply,
arefy,
argufy,
astony,
atrophy,
avowtry, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'nullify'
dulcify,
gellify,
hellify,
jellify,
jollify,
mellify,
mollify,
nugify,
nutrify,
pulpify,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- cancel
- annul, void, invalidate, revoke, repeal, abolish, undo, negate
Antonyms
- cancel
- sustain, maintain, perpetuate, continue
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1595, from L.L. nullificare "to esteem lightly, despise, to make nothing," from L. nullus "not any" (see null) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Nullification in U.S. political sense of "a state's refusing to allow a federal law to be enforced" is first attested 1798, in Thomas Jefferson, from L.L. nullificationem (nom. nullificatio) "a making as nothing."
2. Etymology tree
3. English null
4. Latin -i-
5. Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
6. Proto-Italic *θakos
7. Proto-Italic *-fakos
8. Latin -ficus
9. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
10. Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
11. Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
12. Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
13. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
14. Proto-Italic *-ājō
15. Proto-Italic *-āō
16. Latin -ō
17. Latin -ficō
18. Latin -ificāreder.
19. Old French -ifierbor.
20. Middle English -ifien
21. English -ify
22. English nullify
23. From null + -ify.
Sample Sentences
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Near-synonyms: cancel, void, quash
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The contract has been nullified.
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[T]hey were baffled by tears in moustached sixth-formers, by walls of impassivity in the Lower School, by silent conspiracies which nullified the rules. [1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 37:]
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Lesbians for Justice therefore appeals to the organizers of the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival to nullify its "womyn-born-womyn only" policy, and to allow the attendance of post-operative male-to-female transsexuals at all future festivals. [1992 May 8, Tamara Severns, “Open Letter To Michigan Festival Organizers”, in Gay Community News, page 4:]
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The persuasion that a thing is impossible, at once nullifies endeavour, and like the Turkish "it is fate," torporises activity and exertion. [1843, The Metropolitan - Volume 36, page 52:]
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Blowproof water has given the Navy the weapon it needed to fight fires with helicopters. Previously, the downwash from the rotor blades blew the foam, or whatever agent was being used, off the fire, nullifying its effect. [1966, Popular Mechanics, volume 125, number 2, page 115:]
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It nullifies the night / from overkill [1983, Men At Work, “Overkill”, in Cargo:]