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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Ab-lūde', v. t. p. 5To be unlike; to differ from. [Obs.] Hall.Ăb'lu-ent, a. p. 5Washing clean; cleansing by water or other liquid.Ăb'lu·ent, n. p. 5(Med.) Something reputed to have the power of purifying the blood; a detergent.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.…Ab-lū'tion-a-ry, a. p. 5Pertaining to ablution.Ab-lū'vi-on, n. p. 5That which is washed off. Dwight.Ā'bly, adv. p. 5In an able manner; with great ability.Ăb'ne-gāte, v. t. p. 5To deny and reject. Wm. H. Seward.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.Ăb'ne-gā'tive, a. p. 5Denying; renouncing; negative. [Rare.] Clarke.Ăb'ne-gā'tor, n. p. 5One who abnegates, denies, or rejects any thing. Syn. SeeĀb'net, n. p. 5The girdle of a Jewish priest. Kitto.Ăb'no-dāte, v. t. p. 5To cut knots from. Blount.Ăb'no-dā'tion, n. p. 5The act of cutting away the knots of trees. Bailey.Ab-nôr'mal, a. p. 5Not conformed to rule; contrary to any law or system; irregular. Trench.Ab-nôr'mi-ty, n. p. 5The state or quality of being abnormal; irregularity; deformity. Bailey.Ab-nôr'mous, a. p. 5Abnormal; irregular. [Obs.] A character of a more abnormous cast than his equally suspected coadjutor. State Trials.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.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.A-bōd'ance, n. p. 5An omen. [Obs.]A-bōde', pret. p. 5of abide.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…A-bōde', v. t. p. 5To foreshow. Shak.A-bōde', v. i. p. 5To be an omen. Dryden.A-bōde'ment, n. p. 5An ominous presentiment. “Abodements must not now affright us.” Shak.A-bōd'ing, n. p. 5Presentiment; prognostication.Āb'o-lēte, a. p. 5Old; out of use. [Obs.]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…A-bŏl'ish-a-ble, a. p. 5Capable of being abolished.A-bŏl'ish-er, n. p. 5One who abolishes.A-bŏl'ish-ment, n. p. 5The act of abolishing; abrogation; destruction. Hooker.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…Ab'o-lĭ'tion-ism, n. p. 5The principles or measures of abolitionists. Wilberforce.Ab'o-lĭ'tion-ist, n. p. 5A person who favors the abolition of any institution, especially slavery.Ăb'o-lĭ'tion-ize, v. t. p. 5To imbue with the principles of abolitionism. Bartlett.A·bŏl'la, n. p. 5A military robe of thick woolen stuff in use among the ancient Greeks and Romans. Wm. Smith.A-bō'mā, n. p. 5A large serpent in the marshes of South America. Craig.Ăb'o-mā'sum, n. p. 5[N. Lat. abomasum, abomasus,Ab'o-mā'sus p. 5(Anat.) The fourth stomach of a ruminant animal.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.…A-bŏm'i-na-ble-ness, n. p. 5The quality or state of being abominable; hatefulness.A-bŏm'i-na-bly, adv. p. 5In an abominable manner; very odiously; detestably.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.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…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.A-bōrd', n. p. 5Manner of accosting; address. Chesterfield.A-bòrd', v. t. p. 5To approach; to come to; to accost. [Obs.] Digby.Ăb'o-rĭg'i-nal, a. p. 5First; original; primitive; as, the aboriginal tribes of America. Their [the Biscayners'] language is accounted aboriginal. Swinburne.Ăb'o-rĭg'i-nal, n. p. 5An original inhabitant; one of the aborigines.Ăb'o-rig'i-nēs, n. pl. p. 5The first inhabitants of a country.A-bôrse'ment, n. p. 5Abortion. [Obs.]A-bôr'sĭve, a. p. 5Same as ABORTIVE. [Obs.]A-bōrt', v. i. p. 5To miscarry in birth. Herbert.A-bôrt', n. p. 5An abortion. [Obs.] Burton.A-bŏr'tient, a. p. 5(Bot.) Sterile; barren. Ogilvie.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…A-bŏr'tive, a. p. 5Brought forth in an immature state; imperfectly formed or developed; rudimentary; hence, failing, or coming to naught, before it is complete; fruitless; producing nothing. “Thou selfish-marked…A-bŏr'tive, n. p. 5That which is brought forth or born prematurely; an abortion. Shak. 2. (Med.) That which is thought to produce abortion. Dunglison.A-bôr'tive-ly, adv. p. 5In an abortive or untimely manner; immaturely.A-bòr'tive-ness, n. p. 5The state of being abortive; a failing in the progress to perfection or maturity. Ogilvie.