[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cancel \can"cel\, v. i. imp.  p. p. canceled or cancelled;
   p. pr.  vb. n. canceling or cancelling. l. cancellare
   to make like a lattice, to strike or cross out cf. fr.
   canceller, of. canceler fr. cancelli lattice, crossbars,
   dim. of cancer lattice; cf. gr. ? latticed gate. cf.
   chancel.
   1. to inclose or surround, as with a railing, or with
      latticework. obs.
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            a little obscure place canceled in with iron work is
            the pillar or stump at which . . . our savior was
            scourged.                             --evelyn.
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   2. to shut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to
      exclude. obs. "canceled from heaven." --milton.
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   3. to cross and deface, as the lines of a writing, or as a
      word or figure; to mark out by a cross line; to blot out
      or obliterate.
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            a deed may be avoided by delivering it up to be
            cancelled; that is, to have lines drawn over it in
            the form of latticework or cancelli; though the
            phrase is now used figuratively for any manner of
            obliterating or defacing it.          --blackstone.
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   4. to annul or destroy; to revoke or recall.
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            the indentures were canceled.         --thackeray.
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            he was unwilling to cancel the interest created
            through former secret services, by being refractory
            on this occasion.                     --sir w.
                                                  scott.
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   5. print. to suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in
      type.
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   canceled figures print, figures cast with a line across
      the face., as for use in arithmetics.

   syn: to blot out; obliterate; deface; erase; efface; expunge;
        annul; abolish; revoke; abrogate; repeal; destroy; do
        away; set aside. see abolish.
        1913 webster
see also:
canceled cancelled canceling cancelling chancel canceled figures 
abolish 

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