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verb transitive

ab-dīco

2nd PP ab-dīcere · 3rd PP xi · 4th PP ab-dictum · conj. 3rd
A word peculiar to augural and judicial lang. (opp. addīco). *
nod to assent to •
Of an unfavorable omen, nod to assent to: cum tres partes (vineae) aves abdixissent, Cic. Div. 1, 17, 31.—
to take away by sentence
In judicial lang.: abdicere vindicias ab aliquo, to take away by sentence (=abjudicare), Dig. 1, 2, 24 (cf. Liv. 3, 56, 4).
Perseus ID: n48 Key: abdico2