Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-05-10

Bad parents abandon their children: men sban-
don the unfortunate objects of their guilty pas
sions; men are abandoned by their friends; they
abandon themselves TO unlawful pleasures. A
mariner absudons his vessel aud cargo in a storm
We abandon our houses aud property to an invad
Ing army; desert a post or station; leave the
country; torsake companions; reliuquish claims
quit business: resign an office; renounce a pro
fession or the world: sbdicate 4 throne: surren
der a town; SURRENDER what We have in trust
abandon a MEASURE Of enterprise: forego a claim
or a pleasure; Danish offenders.
Abandoned, prorigate, and reprobate are terms
applied TO a.charscter that has become extremely
vicious. An abandoned person - one who has
renowned oil restraint, is governed by his pas.
sious. and naturally becomes profigate in he
habits. and SO reprobate as TO be beyond hope of
recovery.
The proud must be abassd; the lofty humbled
the unworthy become degraded. the vicious dis.
grace and debase themselves by their follies and
vices. :
Abssh expresses more than confound, aud con
found more than confuse, Shame abashes. and
sudden or unaccountable things cOnfound, while
bashfulness, and q variety of emotions, may tend
20 confuse. Let the naughty be ab ,shed; the
ignorant, the superstitious and the wicked are of
ten coDfounded; the modest. tue difident and
the weak are often confused.
Abate respects the vigor of action; the storm
abates; pain. ardOr. anger and passion sbate. a
thing grows less. diminishes o. decreases in size
or quantity: numbers. days or stores decrease:
tumults and commotions subside
Abbey, priory, monastery, ~cloister, convent.
frisry, and nuDnery are all used to deuote re.
ligious houses. common in catholic countries
Abbey has been used to denote a religious house
of the highest rank Prisries were formerly re-
gsrded a. subordinate to aboeys; but latteriy
there ia generally little or no difference, except
that the former are under the direction of a pri
ory, and the latter of an abbot. The proper
idea OF a eloister is seelusion, and il may include
deyotees OF either ser. Monastery denotes sol
itude, and IS commonly appropriated to monks
A convent, of which the leading idea is eommu
nity IL the residence OF monks and nuns A fri
AIRY Is a house for friaEs, and a nunnery for nuns
or female devotees.
At the English revolution of 1853. the parlis-
ment declared that hing James had abdicated
the throne. rather than deserted il. because the lat
ter might imply that he had not forfeited his
right TO return.
We abet a quarrel encourage pretensions. sup
port an interest. maintain a cause
We abhor cruelty and inhumauity. bate pride
and vice OF al sort: bate an oppression: abomi-
nate impiety. profanity and indecency: detest
baseness; lOa,he the sight OF offensive objects
and. when sick. food.
Abide for = night. stay 4 while; soiourn for a
week or month. dwell in & house With c%ontinua.
ton: re-sr in = street or = house for a sea
son; remain or continue IN a situation, endure
or bear patiently
kority. in the possession OF wealth. 20 con
tribute TO charitable objects, ability, 10 discern,
act. execute. mentally or corporeally: ingenuity
Of invention: capacity 20 understand. compre
bend, retain, talent for some particulsr,art, Office
or profession. faculty Of seeing. hearing. IN
derstanding. explaining; power of thinking. act
ing. & s~exterity 70 elude a blow 10 handle an
Instrument. skill in executing: address 10 con
duct a negotiation. He had great abilities, parts
10 discern. and eleyerness TO perform.
Ablect IN spirit. mean IN nature: 3 mean action
low 10 birth. education. habits, and sphere Of
life. beggsrly IN turn OF mind or 10 appearance:
. base or despicAble traitor. a vile mAlefactor.
Men allure a government. a religion. or .
faith, renounce = profession. rtcant an opinion
principle, or doctrine; retraet a romise> revoke
a decree: recall al expression Of words.