Abeyance, -b′nse. s.
The right of fee simple lieth in abeyance, when it is all only in the remembrance, intendment, and consideration of the law.
To Abhor, b-hr′. v. a. (168)
To hate with acrimony; to loathe.
Abhorrence, b-hr′-rnse. Abhorrency, b-hr′-rn-s. s.
The act of abhorring, detestation.
Abhorrent, b-hr′-rnt. a. (168)
Struck with abhorrence; contrary to, foreign, inconsistent with.
Abhorrer, b-hr′-rr. s. (28)
A hater, detester.
To Abide, -bde′. v. n.
To dwell in a place, not to remove; to bear or support the consequences of a thing: it is used with the particle with before a person, and at or in before a place.
Abider, -b′-dr. s. (98)
The person that abides or dwells in a place.
Abiding, -b′dng. s. (410)
Continuance.
Abject, b′jkt. a. (492)
Mean or worthless; contemptible, or of no value.
Abject, b′jkt. s.
A man without hope.
To Abject, b-jkt′. v. a. (492)
To throw away.
Abjectedness, b-jk′td-nss. s.
The state of an abject.
Abjection, b-jk′shn. s.
Meanness of mind; servility; baseness.
Abjectly, b′jkt-l. ad. (452)
In an abject manner, meanly.
Abjectness, b′jkt-nss. s.
Servility, meanness.
Ability, -bl′-t. s. (482)
The power to do any thing; capacity, qualification: when it has the plural number, abilities, it frequently signifies the faculties, or powers of the mind.
To Abjure, b-jre′. v. a.
To swear not to do something; to retract, or recant a position upon oath.
Abjuration, b-j-r′shn. s.
The act of abjuring; the oath taken for that end.
To Ablactate, b-lk′tte. v. a.
To wean from the breast. (91)
Ablactation, b-lk-t′shn. s.
One of the methods of grafting.
Ablaqueation, b-l-kw-′shn. s.
The practice of opening the ground about the roots of trees. (534)
Ablation, b-l′shn. s.
The act of taking away.
Ablative, b′l-tv. a. (158)
That which takes away; the sixth case of the Latin nouns.
Able, ′bl. a. (405)
Having strong faculties, or great strength or knowledge, riches, or any other power of mind, body, or fortune; having power sufficient.
Able-bodied, -bl-bd′dd. a.
Strong of body. (99)
To Ablegate, b′l-gte. v. a.
To send abroad upon some employment.
Ablegation, b-l-g′shn. s.
A sending abroad.
Ableness, ′bl-nss. s.
Ability of body, vigour, force.
Ablepsy, b′lp-s. s. (482)
Want of sight.
Abluent, b′l-nt. a.
That which has the power of cleaning.
Ablution, b-l′shn. s.
The act of cleansing.
To Abnegate, b′n-gte. v. a.
To deny. (91)
Abnegation, b-n-g′shn. s.
Denial, renunciation.
Aboard, -brd′. ad. (295)
In a ship.
Abode, -bde′. s.
Habitation, dwelling, place of residence; stay, continuation in a place.
Abodement, -bde′mnt. s.
A secret anticipation of something future.
To Abolish, -bl′sh. v. a.
To annul; to put an end to; to destroy.
Abolishable, -bl′lsh--bl. a.
That which may be abolished.
Abolisher, -bl′lsh-r. s. (91)
He that abolishes.
Abolishment, -bl′lsh-mnt. s.
The act of abolishing.
Abolition, b--lsh′n. s. (544)
The act of abolishing.
Abominable, -bm′-n-bl. a.
Hateful, detestable.
Abominableness, -bm′-n-bl-nss. s. (501)
The quality of being abominable; hatefulness, odiousness.
Abominably, -bm′-n-bl. ad.
Most hatefully, odiously.
To Abominate, -bm′-nte. v. a.
To abhor, detest, hate utterly.
Abomination, -bm--n′shn. s.
Hatred, detestation.
Aborigines, b--rdge′-nz. s.
The earliest inhabitants of a country.
Abortion, -br′shn. s.
The act of bringing forth untimely; the produce of an untimely birth.
Abortive, -br′tv. s. (157)
That which is born before the due time.
Abortive, -br′tv. a.
Brought forth before the due time of birth; that which brings forth nothing.
Abortively, -br′tv-l. ad.
Born without the due time; immaturely, untimely.
Abortiveness, -br′tv-nss. s.
The state of abortion.
Abortment, -brt′mnt. s.
The thing brought forth out of time; an untimely birth.
Above, -bv′. prep. (165)
Higher in place; higher in rank, power, or excellence; beyond, more than; too proud for, too high for.
Above, -bv′. ad.
Over-head; in the regions of heaven.
Above-all, -bv-ll′.
In the first place; chiefly.
Above-board, -bv′brd.
In open sight; without artifice or trick.
Above-cited, -bv′s-td.
Cited before.
Above-ground, -bv′grnd.
An expression used to signify, that a man is alive; not in the grave.
Above-mentioned, -bv′mn-shnd.
See Above-cited.
To Abound, -bnd′. v. n. (545)
To have in great plenty; to be in great plenty.
About, -bt′. prep. (545)
Round, surrounding, encircling; near to; concerning, with regard to, relating to; engaged in, employed upon; appendant to the person, as clothes, etc. relating to the person, as a servant.
About, -bt′. ad.
Circularly; in circuit; nearly; the longest way, in opposition to the short straight way; to bring about, to bring to the point or state desired, as he has brought about his purposes; to come about, to come to some certain state or point; to go about a thing, to prepare to do it.
Abracadabra, b-r-k-db′r. s.
A superstitious charm against agues.
To Abrade, -brde′. v. a.
To rub off, to wear away from the other parts.
Abrasion, -br′zhn. s.
The act of rubbing, a rubbing off.
Abreast, -brst′. ad. (545)
Side by side.
To Abridge, -brdje′. v. a.
To make shorter in words, keeping still the same substance; to contract, to diminish, to cut short; to deprive of.
Abridged of, -brdjd′ ov.
Deprived of, debarred from. (359)
An Abridger, -brd′jr. s.
He that abridges, a shortener; a writer of compendiums or abridgments.
Abridgment, -brdje′mnt. s.
The contraction of a larger work into a small compass; a diminution in general.
Abroach, -brtsh′. ad. (295)
In a posture to run out; in a state of being diffused or propagated.
Abroad, -brwd′. ad. (295)
Out of the house; in another country; without, not within.
To Abrogate, b′r-gte. v. a.
To take away from a law in [sic] force, to repeal, to annul. (91)
Abrogation, b-r-g′shn. s.
The act of abrogating; the repeal of a law.
Abrupt, b-rpt′. a.
Broken, craggy; sudden, without the customary or proper preparatives.
Abruption, b-rp′shn. s.
Violent and sudden separation.
Abruptly, b-rpt′l. ad.
Hastily, without the due forms of preparation.
Abruptness, b-rpt′nss. s.
An abrupt manner, haste, suddenness.
Abscess, b′sss. s.
A morbid cavity in the body.
To Abscind, b-snd′. v. a.
To cut off.
Abscission, b-szh′n. s.
The act of cutting off; the state of being cut off.
☞ I have differed from Mr. Sheridan in marking the ss in this word, and, I think, with the best usage on my side. Though double s is almost always pronounced sharp and hissing, yet when a sharp s precedes, it seems more agreeable to the ear to pronounce the succeeding s flat. Thus, though the termination ition is always sharp, yet, because the s in transition is necessarily sharp, the t goes into the flat sound, as if written transizhion, which see.
