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abbotship

the state or office of an abbot.

abbreviate

to make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken.-to reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.-abbreviated; abridged; shortened.-having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type.-an abridgment.

abbreviated

of abbreviate-shortened; relatively short; abbreviate.

abbreviating

of abbreviate

abbreviation

the act of shortening, or reducing.-the result of abbreviating; an abridgment.-the form to which a word or phrase is reduced by contraction and omission; a letter or letters, standing for a word or phrase of which they are a part; as, gen. for genesis; u.s.a. for united states of america.-one dash, or more, through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, or demi-semiquavers.

abbreviator

one who abbreviates or shortens.-one of a college of seventy-two officers of the papal court whose duty is to make a short minute of a decision on a petition, or reply of the pope to a letter, and afterwards expand the minute into official form.

abbreviatory

serving or tending to abbreviate; shortening; abridging.

abbreviature

an abbreviation; an abbreviated state or form.-an abridgment; a compendium or abstract.

abdal

a religious devotee or dervish in persia.

abderian

given to laughter; inclined to foolish or incessant merriment.

abderite

an inhabitant of abdera, in thrace.

abdest

purification by washing the hands before prayer; -- a mohammedan rite.

abdicable

capable of being abdicated.

abdicant

abdicating; renouncing; -- followed by of.-one who abdicates.

abdicate

to surrender or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; as, to abdicate the throne, the crown, the papacy.-to renounce; to relinquish; -- said of authority, a trust, duty, right, etc.-to reject; to cast off.-to disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit.-to relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity.

abdicated

of abdicate

abdicating

of abdicate

abdication

the act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder; commonly the voluntary renunciation of sovereign power; as, abdication of the throne, government, power, authority.

abdicative

causing, or implying, abdication.

abdicator

one who abdicates.

abditive

having the quality of hiding.

abditory

a place for hiding or preserving articles of value.

abdomen

the belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis. also, the cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum, and contains the stomach, bowels, and other viscera. in man, often restricted to the part between the diaphragm and the commencement of the pelvis, the remainder being called the pelvic cavity.-the posterior section of the body, behind the thorax, in insects, crustaceans, and other arthropoda.

abdominal

of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral; as, the abdominal regions, muscles, cavity.-having abdominal fins; belonging to the abdominales; as, abdominal fishes.-a fish of the group abdominales.

abdominales

of abdominal-a group including the greater part of fresh-water fishes, and many marine ones, having the ventral fins under the abdomen behind the pectorals.

abdominalia

a group of cirripeds having abdominal appendages.

abdominals

of abdominal

abdominoscopy

examination of the abdomen to detect abdominal disease.

abdominothoracic

relating to the abdomen and the thorax, or chest.

abdominous

having a protuberant belly; pot-bellied.

abduce

to draw or conduct away; to withdraw; to draw to a different part.

abduced

of abduce

abducing

of abduce

abduct

to take away surreptitiously by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually by violence; to kidnap.-to draw away, as a limb or other part, from its ordinary position.

abducted

of abduct

abducting

of abduct

abduction

the act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; a carrying away.-the movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.-the wrongful, and usually the forcible, carrying off of a human being; as, the abduction of a child, the abduction of an heiress.-a syllogism or form of argument in which the major is evident, but the minor is only probable.

abductor

one who abducts.-a muscle which serves to draw a part out, or form the median line of the body; as, the abductor oculi, which draws the eye outward.

abeam

on the beam, that is, on a line which forms a right angle with the ship's keel; opposite to the center of the ship's side.

abear

to bear; to behave.-to put up with; to endure.

abearance

behavior.

abearing

behavior.

abecedarian

one who is learning the alphabet; hence, a tyro.-one engaged in teaching the alphabet.-alt. of abecedary

abecedary

pertaining to, or formed by, the letters of the alphabet; alphabetic; hence, rudimentary.-a primer; the first principle or rudiment of anything.

abed

in bed, or on the bed.-to childbed (in the phrase "brought abed," that is, delivered of a child).

abegge

same as aby.

abele

the white poplar (populus alba).

abelian

alt. of abelonian

abelite

alt. of abelonian

abelmosk

an evergreen shrub (hibiscus -- formerly abelmoschus -- moschatus), of the east and west indies and northern africa, whose musky seeds are used in perfumery and to flavor coffee; -- sometimes called musk mallow.

abelonian

one of a sect in africa (4th century), mentioned by st. augustine, who states that they married, but lived in continence, after the manner, as they pretended, of abel.

aber-de-vine

the european siskin (carduelis spinus), a small green and yellow finch, related to the goldfinch.

aberr

to wander; to stray.

aberrance

alt. of aberrancy

aberrancy

state of being aberrant; a wandering from the right way; deviation from truth, rectitude, etc.

aberrant

wandering; straying from the right way.-deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal.

aberrate

to go astray; to diverge.

aberration

the act of wandering; deviation, especially from truth or moral rectitude, from the natural state, or from a type.-a partial alienation of reason.-a small periodical change of position in the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of light and the motion of the observer; called annual aberration, when the observer's motion is that of the earth in its orbit, and daily or diurnal aberration, when of the earth on its axis; amounting when greatest, in the former case, to 20.4'', and in the latter, to 0.3''. planetary aberration is that due to the motion of light and the motion of the planet relative to the earth.-the convergence to different foci, by a lens or mirror, of rays of light emanating from one and the same point, or the deviation of such rays from a single focus; called spherical aberration, when due to the spherical form of the lens or mirror, such form giving different foci for central and marginal rays; and chromatic aberration, when due to different refrangibilities of the colored rays of the spectrum, those of each color having a distinct focus.-the passage of blood or other fluid into parts not appropriate for it.-the producing of an unintended effect by the glancing of an instrument, as when a shot intended for a glances and strikes b.

aberrational

characterized by aberration.

aberuncate

to weed out.

aberuncator

a weeding machine.

abet

to instigate or encourage by aid or countenance; -- used in a bad sense of persons and acts; as, to abet an ill-doer; to abet one in his wicked courses; to abet vice; to abet an insurrection.-to support, uphold, or aid; to maintain; -- in a good sense.-to contribute, as an assistant or instigator, to the commission of an offense.-act of abetting; aid.

abetment

the act of abetting; as, an abetment of treason, crime, etc.

abettal

abetment.

abetted

of abet

abetter

alt. of abettor

abetting

of abet

abettor

one who abets; an instigator of an offense or an offender.

abevacuation

a partial evacuation.

abeyance

expectancy; condition of being undetermined.-suspension; temporary suppression.

abeyancy

abeyance.

abeyant

being in a state of abeyance.

abhal

the berries of a species of cypress in the east indies.

abhominable

abominable.

abhominal

inhuman.

abhor

to shrink back with shuddering from; to regard with horror or detestation; to feel excessive repugnance toward; to detest to extremity; to loathe.-to fill with horror or disgust.-to protest against; to reject solemnly.-to shrink back with horror, disgust, or dislike; to be contrary or averse; -- with

abhorred

of abhor

abhorrence

extreme hatred or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike.

abhorrency

abhorrence.

abhorrent

abhorring; detesting; having or showing abhorrence; loathing; hence, strongly opposed to; as, abhorrent thoughts.-contrary or repugnant; discordant; inconsistent; -- followed by to.-detestable.

abhorrently

with abhorrence.

abhorrer

one who abhors.

abhorrible

detestable.

abhorring

of abhor-detestation.-object of abhorrence.

abib

the first month of the jewish ecclesiastical year, corresponding nearly to our april. after the babylonish captivity this month was called nisan.

abid

of abide

abidance

the state of abiding; abode; continuance; compliance (with).

abide

to wait; to pause; to delay.-to stay; to continue in a place; to have one's abode; to dwell; to sojourn; -- with with before a person, and commonly with at or in before a place.-to remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain.-to wait for; to be prepared for; to await; to watch for; as, i abide my time.-to endure; to sustain; to submit to.-to bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with.-to stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for.

abider

one who abides, or continues.-one who dwells; a resident.

abiding

of abide-continuing; lasting.

abidingly

permanently.

abies

a genus of coniferous trees, properly called fir, as the balsam fir and the silver fir. the spruces are sometimes also referred to this genus.

abietene

a volatile oil distilled from the resin or balsam of the nut pine (pinus sabiniana) of california.

abietic

of or pertaining to the fir tree or its products; as, abietic acid, called also sylvic acid.

abietin

alt. of abietine

abietine

a resinous obtained from strasburg turpentine or canada balsam. it is without taste or smell, is insoluble in water, but soluble in alcohol (especially at the boiling point), in strong acetic acid, and in ether.

abietinic

of or pertaining to abietin; as, abietinic acid.

abietite

a substance resembling mannite, found in the needles of the common silver fir of europe (abies pectinata).

abigail

a lady's waiting-maid.

abiliment

habiliment.