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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Ab-lĭg/ū-ri'tion, n.p. 5Prodigal expense for food. Johnson.
  2. Ăb'lo-cāte, v. t.p. 5To let out to hire; to lease. Calvin's Lex. Jur.
  3. Āb'lo-cā'tion, n.p. 5The act of leasing, or letting out to hire. Bailey.
  4. A·bloom', adv.p. 5In a blooming state. Masson.
  5. Ab-lūde', v. t.p. 5To be unlike; to differ from. [Obs.] Hall.
  6. Ăb'lu-ent, a.p. 5Washing clean; cleansing by water or other liquid.
  7. Ăb'lu·ent, n.p. 5(Med.) Something reputed to have the power of purifying the blood; a detergent.
  8. Ab-lū'tion, n.p. 5The act of washing; specifically, the washing of the body as a preparation for religious duties, practiced in many countries. 2. The water used in cleansing. “Cast the ablutions in the main.” Pope.…
  9. Ab-lū'tion-a-ry, a.p. 5Pertaining to ablution.
  10. Ab-lū'vi-on, n.p. 5That which is washed off. Dwight.
  11. Ā'bly, adv.p. 5In an able manner; with great ability.
  12. Ăb'ne-gāte, v. t.p. 5To deny and reject. Wm. H. Seward.
  13. Ăb'ne-gā'tion, n.p. 5A denial; a renunciation. With abnegation of God, of his honor, and of religion, they may retain the friendship of the court. Knox.
  14. Ăb'ne-gā'tive, a.p. 5Denying; renouncing; negative. [Rare.] Clarke.
  15. Ăb'ne-gā'tor, n.p. 5One who abnegates, denies, or rejects any thing. Syn. See
  16. Āb'net, n.p. 5The girdle of a Jewish priest. Kitto.
  17. Ăb'no-dāte, v. t.p. 5To cut knots from. Blount.
  18. Ăb'no-dā'tion, n.p. 5The act of cutting away the knots of trees. Bailey.
  19. Ab-nôr'mal, a.p. 5Not conformed to rule; contrary to any law or system; irregular. Trench.
  20. Ab-nôr'mi-ty, n.p. 5The state or quality of being abnormal; irregularity; deformity. Bailey.
  21. Ab-nôr'mous, a.p. 5Abnormal; irregular. [Obs.] A character of a more abnormous cast than his equally suspected coadjutor. State Trials.
  22. A-bōard', adv.p. 5Within a ship, vessel, or boat. To fall aboard (Naut.), to strike a ship’s side.—Aboard main tack, an order to draw a corner of the mainsail down to the chess-tree. Totten.
  23. A-bōard', prep.p. 5On board of; as, to go aboard a ship. 2. Across; athwart. [Obs. and rare.] Nor iron bands aboard The Pontic Sea by their huge navy cast. Spencer.
  24. A-bōd'ance, n.p. 5An omen. [Obs.]
  25. A-bōde', pret.p. 5of abide.
  26. A-bōde', n.p. 5Stay or continuance in a place for a longer or shorter time. And with her fled away without abode. Spencer. 2. A place of continuance; a dwelling; a habitation. We will come and make our abode with…
  27. A-bōde', v. t.p. 5To foreshow. Shak.
  28. A-bōde', v. i.p. 5To be an omen. Dryden.
  29. A-bōde'ment, n.p. 5An ominous presentiment. “Abodements must not now affright us.” Shak.
  30. A-bōd'ing, n.p. 5Presentiment; prognostication.
  31. Āb'o-lēte, a.p. 5Old; out of use. [Obs.]
  32. A-bŏl'ish, v. t.p. 5To put an end to; to terminate; to do away with; hence, to annul or destroy; to make void; to annihilate; as, to abolish laws, contracts, rites, and the like; to abolish slavery. His quick…
  33. A-bŏl'ish-a-ble, a.p. 5Capable of being abolished.
  34. A-bŏl'ish-er, n.p. 5One who abolishes.
  35. A-bŏl'ish-ment, n.p. 5The act of abolishing; abrogation; destruction. Hooker.
  36. Ăb'o-lĭ'tion, n.p. 5The act of abolishing, or the state of being abolished; an annulling; abrogation; utter destruction; as, the abolition of the slave-trade; the abolition of laws, decrees, ordinances, rites, customs…
  37. Ab'o-lĭ'tion-ism, n.p. 5The principles or measures of abolitionists. Wilberforce.
  38. Ab'o-lĭ'tion-ist, n.p. 5A person who favors the abolition of any institution, especially slavery.
  39. Ăb'o-lĭ'tion-ize, v. t.p. 5To imbue with the principles of abolitionism. Bartlett.
  40. A·bŏl'la, n.p. 5A military robe of thick woolen stuff in use among the ancient Greeks and Romans. Wm. Smith.
  41. A-bō'mā, n.p. 5A large serpent in the marshes of South America. Craig.
  42. Ăb'o-mā'sum, n.p. 5[N. Lat. abomasum, abomasus,
  43. Ab'o-mā'susp. 5(Anat.) The fourth stomach of a ruminant animal.
  44. A-bŏm'i-na-ble, a.p. 5Worthy of, or causing, imprecation or abhorrence; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable; odious. All monstrous, all prodigious things, abominable. Milton. 2. Excellent; superior; excessive.…
  45. A-bŏm'i-na-ble-ness, n.p. 5The quality or state of being abominable; hatefulness.
  46. A-bŏm'i-na-bly, adv.p. 5In an abominable manner; very odiously; detestably.
  47. A-bŏm′i-nāte, v. t.p. 5To turn from as ill-omened; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread; to abhor; to detest; as, to abominate all impiety. Syn.—To hate; abhor; loathe; detest. See HATE.
  48. A-bŏm'/i-nā'tion, n.p. 5The act of abominating; extreme hatred; abhorrence; detestation. His new subjects . . . have nothing in so great abomination as those whom they hold for heretics. Swift. 2. That which is abominable…
  49. A-bōon’, adv.p. 5Above. [Scot. and Prov. Eng.] The lift aboon was still as death. P. J. Bailey. The ceiling fair that rose aboon. J. R. Drake.
  50. A-bōrd', n.p. 5Manner of accosting; address. Chesterfield.
  51. A-bòrd', v. t.p. 5To approach; to come to; to accost. [Obs.] Digby.
  52. Ăb'o-rĭg'i-nal, a.p. 5First; original; primitive; as, the aboriginal tribes of America. Their [the Biscayners'] language is accounted aboriginal. Swinburne.
  53. Ăb'o-rĭg'i-nal, n.p. 5An original inhabitant; one of the aborigines.
  54. Ăb'o-rig'i-nēs, n. pl.p. 5The first inhabitants of a country.
  55. A-bôrse'ment, n.p. 5Abortion. [Obs.]
  56. A-bôr'sĭve, a.p. 5Same as ABORTIVE. [Obs.]
  57. A-bōrt', v. i.p. 5To miscarry in birth. Herbert.
  58. A-bôrt', n.p. 5An abortion. [Obs.] Burton.
  59. A-bŏr'tient, a.p. 5(Bot.) Sterile; barren. Ogilvie.
  60. A-bōr'tion, n.p. 5The act of miscarrying; the expulsion of an immature product of conception; miscarriage. 2. The immature product of an untimely birth. 3. (Bot.) An imperfect formation, or the non-formation of an…