Abirritation Ab·ir`ri·ta"tion noun (Medicine) A pathological condition opposite to that of irritation; debility; want of strength; asthenia.
Abirritative Ab·ir"ri·ta·tive adjective (Medicine) Characterized by abirritation or debility.
Abit A·bit" 3d sing. present of Abide . [ Obsolete] Chaucer.
Abject Ab"ject adjective [ Latin
abjectus , past participle of
abjicere to throw away;
ab +
jacere to throw. See
Jet a shooting forth.]
1. Cast down; low- lying. [ Obsolete]
From the safe shore their floating carcasses
And broken chariot wheels; so thick bestrown
Abject and lost lay these, covering the flood.
Milton.
2. Sunk to a law condition; down in spirit or hope; degraded; servile; groveling; despicable; as, abject posture, fortune, thoughts. "Base and
abject flatterers."
Addison. "An
abject liar."
Macaulay. And banish hence these abject , lowly dreams.
Shak.
Syn. -- Mean; groveling; cringing; mean-spirited; slavish; ignoble; worthless; vile; beggarly; contemptible; degraded.
Abject Ab·ject" transitive verb [ From
Abject ,
adjective ]
To cast off or down; hence, to abase; to degrade; to lower; to debase. [ Obsolete]
Donne.
Abject Ab"ject noun A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; a castaway. [ Obsolete]
Shall these abjects , these victims, these outcasts, know any thing of pleasure?
I. Taylor.
Abjectedness Ab·ject"ed·ness noun A very abject or low condition; abjectness. [ R.]
Boyle.
Abjection Ab·jec"tion noun [ French
abjection , Latin
abjectio .]
1. The act of bringing down or humbling. "The
abjection of the king and his realm."
Joe. 2. The state of being rejected or cast out. [ R.]
An adjection from the beatific regions where God, and his angels and saints, dwell forever.
Jer. Taylor.
3. A low or downcast state; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation. That this should be termed baseness, abjection of mind, or servility, is it credible?
Hooker.
Abjectly Ab"ject·ly adverb Meanly; servilely.
Abjectness Ab"ject·ness noun The state of being abject; abasement; meanness; servility. Grew.
Abjudge Ab·judge" transitive verb [ Prefix
ab- +
judge , v. Confer
Abjudicate .]
To take away by judicial decision. [ R.]
Abjudicate Ab·ju"di·cate transitive verb [ Latin
abjudicatus , past participle of
abjudicare ;
ab +
judicare . See
Judge , and confer
Abjudge .]
To reject by judicial sentence; also, to abjudge. [ Obsolete]
Ash.
Abjudication Ab·ju`di·ca"tion noun Rejection by judicial sentence. [ R.]
Knowles.
Abjugate Ab"ju·gate transitive verb [ Latin
abjugatus , past participle of
abjugare .]
To unyoke. [ Obsolete]
Bailey.
Abjunctive Ab·junc"tive adjective [ Latin
abjunctus , past participle of
abjungere ;
ab +
jungere to join.]
Exceptional. [ R.]
It is this power which leads on from the accidental and abjunctive to the universal.
I. Taylor.
Abjuration Ab`ju·ra"tion noun [ Latin
abjuratio : confer French
abjuration .]
1. The act of abjuring or forswearing; a renunciation upon oath; as, abjuration of the realm, a sworn banishment, an oath taken to leave the country and never to return. 2. A solemn recantation or renunciation; as, an abjuration of heresy. Oath of abjuration ,
an oath asserting the right of the present royal family to the crown of England, and expressly abjuring allegiance to the descendants of the Pretender. Brande & C.
Abjuratory Ab·ju"ra·to·ry adjective Containing abjuration.
Abjure Ab·jure" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Abjured ;
present participle & verbal noun Abjuring ] [ Latin
abjurare to deny upon oath;
ab +
jurare to swear, from
jus ,
juris , right, law; confer French
abjurer . See
Jury .]
1. To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow; as, to abjure allegiance to a prince. To abjure the realm , is to swear to abandon it forever. 2. To renounce or reject with solemnity; to recant; to abandon forever; to reject; repudiate; as, to abjure errors. "Magic I here
abjure ."
Shak. Syn. -- See
Renounce .
Abjure Ab·jure" intransitive verb To renounce on oath. Bp. Burnet.
Abjurement Ab·jure"ment (-m
e nt)
noun Renunciation. [ R.]
Abjurer Ab·jur"er noun One who abjures.
Ablactate Ab·lac"tate transitive verb [ Latin
ablactatus , past participle of
ablactare ;
ab +
lactare to suckle, from
lac milk.]
To wean. [ R.]
Bailey.
Ablactation Ab`lac·ta"tion noun 1. The weaning of a child from the breast, or of young beasts from their dam. Blount. 2. (Hort.) The process of grafting now called inarching , or grafting by approach .
Ablaqueate Ab·la"que·ate transitive verb [ Latin
ablaqueatus , past participle of.
ablaqueare ; from
ab +
laqueus a noose.]
To lay bare, as the roots of a tree. [ Obsolete]
Bailey.
Ablaqueation Ab·la`que·a"tion noun [ Latin
ablaqueatio .]
The act or process of laying bare the roots of trees to expose them to the air and water. [ Obsolete]
Evelyn.
Ablastemic Ab`las·tem"ic adjective [ Greek
'a priv. + ... growth.]
(Biol.) Non-germinal.
Ablation Ab·la"tion noun [ Latin
ablatio , from
ablatus past participle of
auferre to carry away;
ab +
latus , past participle of
ferre carry: confer French
ablation . See
Tolerate .]
1. A carrying or taking away; removal. Jer. Taylor. 2. (Medicine) Extirpation. Dunglison. 3. (Geol.) Wearing away; superficial waste. Tyndall.
Ablatitious Ab`la·ti"tious adjective Diminishing; as, an ablatitious force. Sir J. Herschel.
Ablative Ab"la·tive adjective [ French
ablatif ,
ablative , Latin
ablativus from
ablatus . See
Ablation .]
1. Taking away or removing. [ Obsolete]
Where the heart is forestalled with misopinion, ablative directions are found needful to unteach error, ere we can learn truth.
Bp. Hall.
2. (Gram.) Applied to one of the cases of the noun in Latin and some other languages, -- the fundamental meaning of the case being removal , separation , or taking away .
Ablative Ab"la·tive (Gram.) The ablative case.
ablative absolute , a construction in Latin, in which a noun in the ablative case has a participle (either expressed or implied), agreeing with it in gender, number, and case, both words forming a clause by themselves and being unconnected, grammatically, with the rest of the sentence; as, Tarquinio regnante , Pythagoras venit, i. e. , Tarquinius reigning, Pythagoras came.
Ablaut Ab"laut noun [ German , off-sound;
ab off +
laut sound.]
(Philol.) The substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding modification of use or meaning; vowel permutation; as, get , gat , got ; sing , song ; hang , hung . Earle.
Ablaze A·blaze" adverb & adjective [ Prefix
a- +
blaze .]
1. On fire; in a blaze, gleaming. Milman. All ablaze with crimson and gold.
Longfellow.
2. In a state of glowing excitement or ardent desire. The young Cambridge democrats were all ablaze to assist Torrijos.
Carlyle.
Able A"ble adjective [
Comp. Abler ;
superl. Ablest ] [ Old French
habile , Latin
habilis that may be easily held or managed, apt, skillful, from
habere to have, hold. Confer
Habile and see
Habit .]
1. Fit; adapted; suitable. [ Obsolete]
A many man, to ben an abbot able .
Chaucer.
2. Having sufficient power, strength, force, skill, means, or resources of any kind to accomplish the object; possessed of qualifications rendering competent for some end; competent; qualified; capable; as, an able workman, soldier, seaman, a man able to work; a mind able to reason; a person able to be generous; able to endure pain; able to play on a piano. 3. Specially: Having intellectual qualifications, or strong mental powers; showing ability or skill; talented; clever; powerful; as, the ablest man in the senate; an able speech. No man wrote abler state papers.
Macaulay.
4. (Law) Legally qualified; possessed of legal competence; as, able to inherit or devise property. Able for , is Scotticism. "Hardly
able for such a march."
Robertson. Syn. -- Competent; qualified; fitted; efficient; effective; capable; skillful; clever; vigorous; powerful.
Able A"ble transitive verb [ See
Able ,
adjective ] [ Obsolete]
1. To make able; to enable; to strengthen. Chaucer. 2. To vouch for. "I 'll
able them."
Shak.
Able-bodied A`ble-bod"ied adjective Having a sound, strong body; physically competent; robust. "
Able-bodied vagrant."
Froude. --
A`ble-bod"ied*ness ,
noun .
Able-minded A`ble-mind"ed adjective Having much intellectual power. --
A`ble-mind"ed*ness ,
noun
Ablegate Ab"le·gate transitive verb [ Latin
ablegatus , past participle of
ablegare ;
ab +
legare to send with a commission. See
Legate .]
To send abroad. [ Obsolete]
Bailey.
Ablegate Ab"le·gate noun (R. C. Ch.) A representative of the pope charged with important commissions in foreign countries, one of his duties being to bring to a newly named cardinal his insignia of office.
Ablegation Ab`le·ga"tion noun [ Latin
ablegatio .]
The act of sending abroad. [ Obsolete]
Jer. Taylor.
Ableness A"ble·ness noun Ability of body or mind; force; vigor. [ Obsolete or R.]
Ablepsy Ab"lep·sy noun [ Greek ...;
'a priv. + ... to see.]
Blindness. [ R.]
Urquhart.
Abler A"bler adjective ,
comp. of Able . --
A"blest adjective ,
superl. of Able .
Ablet, Ablen Ab"let, Ab"len [ French ablet , ablette , a dim. from Late Latin abula , for albula , dim. of albus white. Confer Abele .] (Zoology) A small fresh-water fish ( Leuciscus alburnus ); the bleak.
Abligate Ab"li·gate transitive verb [ Latin
ab +
ligatus , past participle of
ligare to tie.]
To tie up so as to hinder from. [ Obsolete]
Abligurition Ab·lig`u·ri"tion noun [ Latin
abligurito , from
abligurire to spend in luxurious indulgence;
ab +
ligurire to be lickerish, dainty, from
lingere to lick.]
Prodigal expense for food. [ Obsolete]
Bailey.
Ablins A"blins adverb [ See
Able .]
Perhaps. [ Scot.]
Abloom A·bloom" adverb [ Prefix
a- +
bloom .]
In or into bloom; in a blooming state. Masson.
Ablude Ab·lude" transitive verb [ Latin
abludere ;
ab +
ludere to play.]
To be unlike; to differ. [ Obsolete]
Bp. Hall.
Abluent Ab"lu·ent adjective [ Latin
abluens , present participle of.
abluere to wash away;
ab +
luere (
lavere ,
lavare ). See
Lave .]
Washing away; carrying off impurities; detergent. --
noun (Medicine) A detergent.
Ablush A·blush" adverb & adjective [ Prefix
a- +
blush .]
Blushing; ruddy.
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