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can·cel / ˈkansəl/ • v. (-celed , -cel·ing ; Brit. -celled, -cel·ling) [tr.] 1. decide or announce that (an arranged or planned event) will not take place: he was forced to cancel his visit. ∎ annul or revoke (a formal arrangement which is in effect): his visa was canceled. ∎ abolish or make void (a financial obligation): I intend to cancel your debt to me. ∎ mark, pierce, or tear (a ticket, check, or postage stamp) to show that it has been used or invalidated: [as adj.] canceled checks. 2. (of a factor or circumstance) neutralize or negate the force or effect of (another): the electric fields may cancel each other out. ∎ Math. delete (an equal factor) from both sides of an equation or from the numerator and denominator of a fraction. • n. 1. a mark made on a postage stamp to show that it has been used. 2. Printing a new page or section inserted in a book to replace the original text, typically to correct an error. ORIGIN: late Middle English (in the sense ‘obliterate or delete writing by drawing or stamping lines across it’): from Old French canceller, from Latin cancellare, from cancelli ‘crossbars.’ |
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"cancel." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "cancel." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-cancel.html "cancel." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-cancel.html |
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cancel XIV. — (O)F. canceller — L. cancellāre make lattice-wise, cross out (a writing), f. cancellus, pl. cancellī cross-bars (see CHANCEL).
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T. F. HOAD. "cancel." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "cancel." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-cancel.html T. F. HOAD. "cancel." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-cancel.html |
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•hassle, Kassel, passel, tassel, vassal
•axel, axle
•cancel, hansel, Hänsel, Mansell
•transaxle
•castle, metatarsal, parcel, tarsal
•chancel • sandcastle • Newcastle
•Bessel, nestle, pestle, redressal, trestle, vessel, wrestle
•Edsel • Texel
•intercensal, pencil, stencil
•pretzel • staysail • mainsail • Wiesel
•abyssal, bristle, epistle, gristle, missal, scissel, thistle, whistle
•pixel • plimsoll
•tinsel, windsail
•schnitzel, spritsail
•Birtwistle
•paradisal, sisal, trysail
•apostle, colossal, dossal, fossil, glossal, jostle, throstle
•consul, proconsul, tonsil
•dorsal, morsel
•council, counsel, groundsel
•Mosul • fo'c's'le, forecastle
•bustle, hustle, muscle, mussel, Russell, rustle, tussle
•gunsel • corpuscle
•disbursal, dispersal, Purcell, rehearsal, reversal, succursal, tercel, transversal, traversal, universal
•Herzl
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"cancel." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "cancel." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-cancel.html "cancel." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-cancel.html |
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