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adeem

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[uh-deem] / əˈdim /

verb (used with object)

Law.

  1. to revoke (a legacy) by ademption.

Etymology

Origin of adeem

1835–45; < Latin adimere to take away, deprive of, confiscate, equivalent to ad- ad- + -imere, combining form of emere to take, buy; spelling conformed to redeem

Example Sentences

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All the 308 red deer and adeem fined the Ugh tops to bid good-bye.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

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