Both Uses of
abolish
in
Bleak House
- The policeman considers him an imbecile civilian, a remnant of the barbarous watchmen times, but gives him admission as something that must be borne with until government shall abolish him.†
Chpt 10-12 *
- As though, Mr. Vholes and his relations being minor cannibal chiefs and it being proposed to abolish cannibalism, indignant champions were to put the case thus: Make man-eating unlawful, and you starve the Vholeses!†
Chpt 37-39
Definition:
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(abolish) eliminate (end, or do away with)