01 v. i. To inclose or surround, as with a railing, or with latticework.
imp. & p. p.
Canceled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Canceling
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1.
To inclose or surround, as with a railing, or with latticework.[Obs.]“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.]
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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.“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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To annul or destroy; to revoke or recall.“The indentures were canceled.” — Thackeray.“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.
To suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type.(Print.)
Phrases & compounds
Canceled figures —
figures cast with a line across the face., as for use in arithmetics.