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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
negate /nɪˈgeɪt/

▶verb

1 nullify; make ineffective.

2 Logic & Grammar make (a clause, sentence, or proposition) negative in meaning.

3 deny the existence of.

– origin C17 (earlier (ME) as negation): from L. negat-, negare ‘deny’.

'negate' also found in these Oxford entries:

cancel - negative - self-cancelling

Forum discussions with the word(s) "negate" in the title:

how to negate the word "sustainable"
negate the fact that--why do we need 'the fact'
negate this anwer?
negate vs contradict vs belie vs X

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