cancellarioid (kanselarioid)

[ cancellate, cancellated (kan'se-lāt, -lā-ted), a. [L. can cell at us, pp. of can cell are, make like or provide with a lattice: see cancel, v.] Sep IMG:content-3016.png:[blocks in formation] His subjects slain, His statutes can cell'd , and his treasure spent. Shak ., 3 Hen. VI., v. 4. 4. (a) In math., to strike out or eliminate, as a number or quantity constituting a common factor in a dividend and divisor or the numerator and denominator of a fraction, or a common term in the two members of an equation. ( b ) In printing, to strike out, reject, or throw aside, as some portion of a printed work. (c) In music, to suspend the power of (a sharp or a flat) by inserting the sign 1. = Syn. 2. Erase, Expunge, etc. (see efface ), strike out; destroy, scratch out, rub out, wipe out. -3. Repeal, Rescind, etc. See abolish. II.t in trans. To become obliterated or void. [Rare.] A rash oath that can cell'd in the making. Cowley.