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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ foldoc ]


  Cancel
       
           (CAN, Control-X) ASCII character 24.
       
          (1996-06-28)

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              A little obscure place canceled in with iron work is
              the pillar or stump at which . . . our Savior was
              scourged.                             --Evelyn.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To shut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to
        exclude. [Obs.] ``Canceled from heaven.'' --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. To annul or destroy; to revoke or recall.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The indentures were canceled.         --Thackeray.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              He was unwilling to cancel the interest created
              through former secret services, by being refractory
              on this occasion.                     --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. (Print.) To suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in
        type.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Cancel \Can"cel\, n. [See Cancel, v. i., and cf. Chancel.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. An inclosure; a boundary; a limit. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              A prison is but a retirement, and opportunity of
              serious thoughts, to a person whose spirit . . .
              desires no enlargement beyond the cancels of the
              body.                                 --Jer. Taylor.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Print)
        (a) The suppression or striking out of matter in type, or
            of a printed page or pages.
        (b) The part thus suppressed.
            [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Cancel \Can"cel\, n. [See Cancel, v. i., and cf. Chancel.]
     1. An inclosure; a boundary; a limit. [Obs.]
  
              A prison is but a retirement, and opportunity of
              serious thoughts, to a person whose spirit . . .
              desires no enlargement beyond the cancels of the
              body.                                 --Jer. Taylor.
  
     2. (Print)
        (a) The suppression or striking out of matter in type, or
            of a printed page or pages.
        (b) The part thus suppressed.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.]
  
              A little obscure place canceled in with iron work is
              the pillar or stump at which . . . our Savior was
              scourged.                             --Evelyn.
  
     2. To shut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to
        exclude. [Obs.] ``Canceled from heaven.'' --Milton.
  
     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.
  
     4. 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.
  
     5. (Print.) To suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in
        type.
  
     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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  cancel
       n : a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat [syn: natural]
       v 1: postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled;
            "Call off the engagement"; "cancel the dinner party"
            [syn: call off]
       2: make up for; "His skills offset his opponent's superior
          strength" [syn: offset, set off]
       3: declare null and void; make ineffective; "Cancel the
          election results"; "strike down a law" [syn: strike down]
       4: remove or make invisible; "Please delete my name from your
          list" [syn: delete]
       5: of cheques or tickets [syn: invalidate]
       [also: cancelling, cancelled]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  cancel
     Αγγλικά vb.
     ακυρώνω

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  cancel
     Spanish n.
     partition; wall

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Cancel
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  cancel
     n.
     1 A cancellation (''US''); (nonstandard in some kinds of English).
     2 # A control message posted to Usenet that serves to cancel a
  previously posted message.
     3 (lb en obsolete) An enclosure; a boundary; a limit.
     4 (lb en printing) The suppression on striking out of matter in type,
  or of a printed page or pages.
     5 (lb en printing) The page thus suppressed.
     6 (lb en printing) The page that replaces it.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To cross out something with lines etc.
     2 (lb en transitive) To invalidate or annul something.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  Cancel
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  cancel
     Spanish n.
     partition; wall

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Cancel
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  cancel
     Spanish n.
     partition; wall

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Cancel
     n.
     (surname: en).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  cancel
     Englanti vb.
     1 peruuttaa, perua
     2 mitätöidä
     3 poistaa, kumota, pyyhkiä yli
     4 (yhteys matematiikka k=en) supistaa

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  cancel
     Engelska vb.
     1 avbryta
     2 göra slut på; återkalla eller inställa
     3 (tagg matematik språk=en text=vanligtvis om ett antal termer i ett
  algebraiskt uttryck) ta ut varandra; kunna strykas utan att uttryckets
  (sannings)värde förändras
     4 (tagg kat=postväsen språk=en text=om frimärken) stämpla

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  cancel /kˈansəl/
  aftelefoneer

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  cancel /kˈansəl/
  1. afsê
  2. annulleer, kanselleer

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Cancel /kˈansəl/
  الإلغاء

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  cancel //ˈkænsl̩// 
  1. задрасквам, зачерквам
  cross out
  2. анулирам, отменям
  invalidate, annul
  3. унищожавам
  mark to prevent reuse
  4. съкращавам
  remove a common factor