† retexv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To undo (a woven fabric), to unravel. Chiefly figurative: to destroy the strength or validity of (an argument, law, etc.); to pick apart; to cause to dissolve.
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society > law > rule of law > illegality > render illegal [verb (transitive)] > deprive of legal validity
abatea1325
squatcha1325
voida1325
allayc1325
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avoid1514–5
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supersedec1674
destroy1805
break1891
1606 A. Craig Amorose Songes sig. Civ Put now a poynt Panelopa..Vnto this web so oft retex'd by thee.
1661 S. Stone Deceivers Deceiv'd sig. A4 By a loyal Subject, and dutiful Son of the Church, the fallacies might be retexed, and the people undeceived.
a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) i. 57 Neither King James, King Charles, nor any Parliament..did ever appoint that any of his Orders should be retexed.
1673 S. Colvil Grand Impostor Discovered i. i. x. 92 We have retexed that invincible argument of Gregorius de Valentia.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online September 2020).
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