[nɪˈɡeɪt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- make ineffective; nullify
(e.g: alcohol negates the effects of the drug)

- make (a clause, sentence, or proposition) negative in meaning

- deny the existence of
(e.g: negating the political nature of education)


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Origin:
early 17th century (in negate, negate): from Latin negat- ‘denied’, from the verb negare