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CANCEL (from the Lat. cancelli, a plural diminutive of cancer, a grating or lattice, from which are also derived " chancel " and " chancellor ")

CANCEL (from the See also:
LAT
Lat. See also:
CANCELLI (plural of Lat. cancellus, dim. of cancer, a crossing bar)
cancelli, a plural diminutive of See also:
CANCER (" THE CRAB ")
CANCER, LUIS (d. 1549)
CANCER, or CARCINOMA (from Lat. cancer, Gr. KapKivwga, an eating ulcer)
cancer, a grating or lattice, from which are also derived " See also:
CHANCEL (through O. Fr. from Lat. plur. cancelli, dim. of cancer, grating, lattice, probably connected with an Indo-European root Kar-, to bend; cf. circus, curve, &c.)
chancel " and " See also:
CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)
chancellor ") , a word meaning to See also:

CROSS

cross out, from the crossed latticed lines See also:

DRAWN

drawn across a legal document to annul it, hence to delete or destroy .

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