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Word: abject Part of Speech: adj Etymology: PIE word *h₂epó The adjective is derived from Late Middle English abiect, abject (adjective) [and other forms], from Middle French abject (modern French abject, abjet (obsolete)), and from its etymon Latin abiectus (“abandoned; cast aside”), an adjective use of the perfect passive participle of abiciō (“to discard, throw away”), from ab- (prefix meaning ‘away from’) + iaciō (“to throw”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- (“to throw”)). The noun is derived from the adjective. Cognates * Italian abiecto (obsolete), abietto * Late Latin abiectus (“humble or poor person”, noun) * Spanish abjecto (obsolete), abyecto Pronunciation: /ˈæbd͡ʒɛkt/, /ˈæbˌd͡ʒɛkt/ 1. Existing in or sunk to a low condition, position, or state; contemptible, despicable, miserable. Example: These whelpes of the first lytter of gentilitie, these exhalations, drawen vp to the heauen of honour from the dunghill of abiect fortune, haue long been on horsebacke to come riding to your diuellship; but, I know not how, lyke Saint George, they are alwaies mounted but neuer moue. Example: VVhen as thoſe fallovv Deere, and huge-hancht Stags that graz'd / Vpon her ſhaggy Heaths, the paſſenger amaz'd / To ſee their mighty Heards, vvith high-palmd heads to threat / The vvoods of o'regrovvne Oakes; as though they meant to ſet / Their hornes to th'others heights. / But novv, both thoſe and theſe / Are by vile gaine deuour'd: So abiect are our daies. 2. Complete; downright; utter. Labels: broadly Example: abject failure abject nonsense abject terror Example: Lord Howard of Escrick accused [John] Ayloffe of proposing to assassinate the Duke of York; but Lord Howard was an abject liar; and this story was not part of his original confession, but was added afterwards by way of supplement, and therefore deserves no credit whatever. 3. Lower than nearby areas; low-lying. Labels: broadly, rare Example: The Roots of this Plant [healing wolfsbane (Aconitum anthora)] increaſe abundantly, ſoon overrunning a large Piece of Ground, therefore ſhould be confin'd in ſome abject Part of the Garden, or planted under Trees, it being very hardy, and growing in almoſt every Soil or Situation. 4. Of a person: cast down in hope or spirit; showing utter helplessness, hopelessness, or resignation; also, grovelling; ingratiating; servile. Example: Oh Noble Lord, bethinke thee of thy birth, / Call home thy ancient thoughts from baniſhment, / And baniſh hence theſe abiect lovvlie dreames: […] Example: O that I vvere a God, to ſhoot forth Thunder / Vpon theſe paltry, ſeruile, abiect Drudges: / Small things make baſe men proud. 5. Marginalized as deviant. Labels: noun-from-verb, usually Example: The abject can easily be grafted onto the immigrant body, which is often conceived as something to be excluded in order to preserve a coherent yet racist national imaginary. Example: The disclosure of tolerance's hidden phobic lining fits in well with queer theory's embrace of the abject.
Word: abject Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *h₂epó The adjective is derived from Late Middle English abiect, abject (adjective) [and other forms], from Middle French abject (modern French abject, abjet (obsolete)), and from its etymon Latin abiectus (“abandoned; cast aside”), an adjective use of the perfect passive participle of abiciō (“to discard, throw away”), from ab- (prefix meaning ‘away from’) + iaciō (“to throw”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- (“to throw”)). The noun is derived from the adjective. Cognates * Italian abiecto (obsolete), abietto * Late Latin abiectus (“humble or poor person”, noun) * Spanish abjecto (obsolete), abyecto Pronunciation: /ˈæbd͡ʒɛkt/, /ˈæbˌd͡ʒɛkt/ 1. A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; an oppressed person; an outcast; also, such people as a class. Example: Nevertheleſſe he thatt comfortith the abiecte⸝ comforted vs at the cõmynge of Titus. Example: VVe are the Queenes abiects and muſt obey.
Word: abject Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Late Middle English abjecten (“to cast out, expel”) [and other forms], from abiect, abject (adjective) (see etymology 1). Sense 3 (“of a fungus: to give off (spores or sporidia)”) is modelled after German abschleudern (“to give off forcefully”). Pronunciation: /æbˈd͡ʒɛkt/ 1. To cast off or out (someone or something); to reject, especially as contemptible or inferior. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: […] Dauid durſt not touch Saul, though he vvas abiected by God. Example: Rather than abjecting her own fat body, the Ipecac-taking fat girl is abjecting diet culture. 2. To cast down (someone or something); to abase; to debase; to degrade; to lower; also, to forcibly impose obedience or servitude upon (someone); to subjugate. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: What phrases of abjecting themselves, in respect of the prince, can exceed David's humble expressing of himself to Saul? 3. Of a fungus: to (forcibly) give off (spores or sporidia). Labels: archaic, transitive
Word: abjectedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English abjected Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English abjectedness From abjected + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˌæbˈd͡ʒɛkt.əd.nəs/ 1. The state of being abjected. Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: abjection Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English abjeccioun, from either Middle French abjection or Late Latin abiectiōn-, from Latin abiectus (“cast down”). * See abject. Pronunciation: /æbˈd͡ʒɛk.ʃn̩/ 1. A low or downcast condition; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: an abjection from the beatific regions where God, and his angels and saints, dwell forever 2. Something cast off; garbage. Labels: countable, figuratively, obsolete, uncountable 3. The act of bringing down or humbling; casting down. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: The abjection of the king and his realm. 4. The act of casting off; rejection. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 5. The fact of being marginalized as deviant. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The disclosure of tolerance's hidden phobic lining fits in well with queer theory's embrace of the abject as exhorted by Michael Warner, David Halperin, and Lee Edelman. Embracing difference or culturally ascribed abjection with the aim of overcoming or dissipating it would be both naive and ineffective. 6. The act of dispersing or casting off spores. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: abjectly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English abjectli (“with great humility”), from abject (“outcast, rejected; wretched; humble, lowly; of poor quality, worthless; menial”) + -li (suffix forming adverbs); analysable as abject + -ly. Pronunciation: /æbˈd͡ʒɛktli/, /ˈæbd͡ʒɛktli/, /-ˈd͡ʒɛkli/ 1. In an abject fashion; with great shame; desperately. Example: I abjectly apologise for the damage I have done. Example: A deceitful man is a wolf in sheep's clothing. He will appear innocent, cheerful, polite, attentive, kind, obliging, and abjectly condescending; but let him once get you into his power and he becomes more ferocious, more cruel, and more destructive than the most savage animals that ever trod in deserts uninhabited by rational beings. 2. Intensely; to the utmost extreme. Example: Never ask a man his opinion of a woman's dress when he is desperately and abjectly in love with the wearer.
Word: abjectness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English abject Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English abjectness From abject + -ness. Pronunciation: /æbˈd͡ʒɛkt.nəs/ 1. The state of being abject; abasement; meanness; servility.
Word: abjudge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: * ab- + judge, from Latin abiudicare. Doublet of abjudicate. Pronunciation: /ˈæbˌd͡ʒəd͡ʒ/, /æbˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒ/ 1. To confiscate by judicial decision. Labels: transitive
Word: abjudicate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin abiūdicātus, perfect passive participle of abiūdicō (“deprive or take away by judicial sentence”), from ab (“from, away from”) + iūdicō (“pass judgement; determine, conclude”). Doublet of abjudge. See judge. Pronunciation: /æbˈd͡ʒuːdɪkeɪt/ 1. To reject by judicial sentence. 2. To abjudge.
Word: abjudication Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From abjudicate + -ion or from Latin abiūdicātiō. First attested in 1623. Pronunciation: /əbˌd͡ʒuː.dɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ 1. Rejection or confiscation by judicial sentence. Labels: countable, rare, uncountable Example: However, an appeal lay from the Council against any sentence, abjudication or removal, to the Court of Directors, within one calendar month from date of such sentence or abjudication, upon the aggrieved party giving security sufficient to cover the cost of the appeal. Example: Abjudication of the freedom of Richard Northbury, and restitution thereof[…]
Word: abjugate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin abiugātus, perfect passive participle of abiugō (“remove, separate from”); from ab- (“away from”) + iugō (“bind, connect”). Pronunciation: /ˈæb.d͡ʒə.ɡeɪt/ 1. To unyoke; set free; uncouple. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: abjunctive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin abiūnctus, past participle of abiungō (“remove, separate”); from ab (“of, from, by”) + iungō (“join, connect, attach”). Pronunciation: /æbˈd͡ʒʌŋktɪv/ 1. Exceptional, isolated, disconnected, separate, Labels: rare Example: It is this power which leads on always from the less perfect, towards the more perfect; — from the accidental and abjunctive, to the universal ; or from […] Example: The therapeutic programs provided include chemotherapy, electroshock, Individual, group and family psychotherapy, abjunctive therapy, medical and nursing
Word: abjuration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested around 1439. From Middle English abjuracioun, from Latin abiūrātiō (“forswearing, abjuration”), from ab (“from, away from”) + iūrō (“swear or take an oath”), from iūs (“law, right, duty”). Compare French abjuration. Pronunciation: /ˌæb.d͡ʒʊˈɹeɪ.ʃn̩/, /ˌæb.d͡ʒəˈɹeɪ.ʃn̩/ 1. A solemn recantation or renunciation on oath; as, an abjuration of heresy. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A repudiation on oath of a religious or political principle. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The act of abjuring. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: abjuratory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From abjure + -atory. Pronunciation: /æbˈd͡ʒʊɹ.əˌtɔɹ.i/ 1. Involving abjuration.
Word: abjurement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English abjure Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English abjurement From abjure + -ment. Pronunciation: /əbˈd͡ʒʊə(ɹ)mənt/, /æbˈd͡ʒʊə(ɹ)mənt/ 1. Renunciation. Labels: rare
Word: abjurer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From abjure + -er. Pronunciation: /æbˈd͡ʒʊɹ.ɚ/ 1. One who abjures. Example: To thys Iames Morden with other moe abiurers, it was enioyned by Bishoppe Smith, for seuen yeares, to visite the church of Lincolne twise a yeare from Amersham. Example: […] to force him by tedious uncomfortable imprisonments, and extreame penury to turn a practicall Apostate and perjured abjurer of all his former Orthodox loyall Principles […]
Word: ablactate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin ablactātus, perfect passive participle of ablactō (“wean”), from ab + lactō (“suckle”), from lac (“milk”). Pronunciation: /ˌæblækˈteɪt/ 1. To wean. Labels: rare Example: Clausenamide (p.o., consecutive days) increased the density of hippocampal synapses and the number of mossy nerve fibre buddings in ablactated mice and adult rats (Zhang et al. 2001).
Word: ablactation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Late Latin ablactātiōder. Middle English ablactacioun English ablactation From Middle English ablactacioun from Late Latin ablactatio, ablactō (“to wean”) from ab (“without”) + lacto (“suckle”), from lac (“milk”); equivalent to ab- + lactation. Pronunciation: /ˌæb.lækˈteɪ.ʃn̩/ 1. The weaning of a child from the breast, or of young animals from their dam. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Inarching. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 3. a tempest Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: ablaqueate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin ablaqueātus (“loosened, dug up”), past participle of ablaqueō (“to disentangle”), formed from ab- + laqueō (“noose”). 1. To lay bare, as the roots of a tree, by loosening or removing soil. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: After the autumnal equinox they were to be ablaqueated like the vines. Every third year they were to be dunged, and after some years (generally the eighth) to be pruned; for there was an old saying, to wit, eum qui aret olivetum rogare fructum; qui stercoret exorare; qui caedat cogere.
Word: ablaqueation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin ablaqueātiō (“the process or act of digging or loosening the soil around the roots of a tree”), from ablaqueō (“disentangle”), from ab (“from, away from”) + laqueō (“entangle, ensnare”). 1. The act or process of laying bare the roots of trees to expose them to the air and water. Labels: obsolete, rare, uncountable Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:ablaqueation.
Word: ablastemic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English blastemic English ablastemic From a- (“not”) + blastemic (“offspring, offshoot”). Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.blæˌsti.mɪk/, /ˈeɪ.blæˌstɛ.mɪk/, /ˌeɪ.blæˈsti.mɪk/, /ˌeɪ.blæˈstɛ.mɪk/ 1. Non-germinal; unable to form a blastema or offspring. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ablation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Late Latin ablātiōder. Middle English albacioun English ablation From Late Middle English ablacioun (“removal”), from Late Latin ablātiō (“a taking away”), from auferō (“to take away, carry off, withdraw, remove”) + -tiō (“-tion”, nominal suffix). Doublet of ablatio. Compare French ablation. By surface analysis, ablat(e) + -ion. Pronunciation: /əˈbleɪ.ʃn̩/, /æbˈleɪ.ʃn̩/ 1. A carrying or taking away; removal. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 2. The surgical removal of a body part, an organ, or especially a tumor; the removal of an organ function; amputation. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The progressive removal of material by any of a variety of processes such as melting or vaporization under heat or chipping. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: “We’re just seeing enormous ablation, ice melt rates and snow melt rates all over the Alps,” Glamos network chief Matthias Huss told AFP on Friday, as multiple Swiss weather stations registered new all-time records. 4. The progressive removal of material by any of a variety of processes such as melting or vaporization under heat or chipping. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ablatitious Part of Speech: adj 1. Subtractive or tending to diminish. Labels: Late, Modern, obsolete Example: the ablatitious force Example: The whole Operation of the said Example you have in the next page, where you may observe, that for the more certain and easie placing, as well of the Numbers, which constitute the several Divisors, as of those which constitute the Ablatitious Numbers to be subtracted from the several and respective Resolvends […]
Word: ablative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English ablative, ablatife, ablatyf, ablatif, from Old French ablatif (“the ablative case”), from Latin ablātīvus (“expressing removal”), from ablātus (“taken away”), from auferō (“to take away”). The engineering/nautical sense originates from ablate + -ive. Pronunciation: /ˈæb.lə.tɪv/, /əˈbleɪ.tɪv/ 1. Applied to one of the cases of the noun in some languages, the fundamental meaning of the case being removal, separation, or taking away, and to a lesser degree, instrument, place, accordance, specifications, price, or measurement. Labels: not-comparable 2. Pertaining to taking away or removing. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: Where the heart is forestalled with misopinion, ablative directions are found needful to unteach error, ere we can learn truth. 3. Sacrificial, wearing away or being destroyed in order to protect the underlying material, as in ablative paints used for antifouling, or ablative heat shields used to protect spacecraft during reentry. . Labels: not-comparable Example: The inner layer of warship protection consists of ablative armor plate designed to "boil away" when heated. The vaporized armor material scatters a DEW beam, rendering it ineffectual. 4. Relating to the removal of a body part, tumor, or organ. Labels: not-comparable 5. Relating to the erosion of a land mass; relating to the melting or evaporation of a glacier. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ablative Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ablative, ablatife, ablatyf, ablatif, from Old French ablatif (“the ablative case”), from Latin ablātīvus (“expressing removal”), from ablātus (“taken away”), from auferō (“to take away”). The engineering/nautical sense originates from ablate + -ive. Pronunciation: /ˈæb.lə.tɪv/, /əˈbleɪ.tɪv/ 1. The ablative case. 2. An ablative material.
Word: ablaut Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Germanic *ab Old High German ab Middle High German ab German ab German ab- Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *ḱlutós Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz Proto-West Germanic *hlūd Old High German lūt Middle High German lūt German Laut German Ablautbor. English ablaut Borrowed from German Ablaut (“sound gradation”), which is from ab- or ab (“down, off”), + Laut (“sound”). Ab is used here in the sense of “deviating, varying” as in Abgott (“god other than the true God”), Abart (“different sort, variety, anomality”). Pronunciation: /ˈɑbˌlaʊt/, /ˈɑpˌlaʊt/, /ˈæbˌlaʊt/ 1. The substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding modification of use or meaning; vowel permutation, distinct from the phonetic influence of a succeeding vowel. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I declare to you that Literature was not written for schoolmasters, nor for schoolmistresses. I would not exchange it for a wilderness of schoolmasters. It should be delivered from them, who, with their silly Ablauts and ‘tendencies,’ can themselves neither read nor write.
Word: ablaut Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Germanic *ab Old High German ab Middle High German ab German ab German ab- Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *ḱlutós Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz Proto-West Germanic *hlūd Old High German lūt Middle High German lūt German Laut German Ablautbor. English ablaut Borrowed from German Ablaut (“sound gradation”), which is from ab- or ab (“down, off”), + Laut (“sound”). Ab is used here in the sense of “deviating, varying” as in Abgott (“god other than the true God”), Abart (“different sort, variety, anomality”). Pronunciation: /ˈɑbˌlaʊt/, /ˈɑpˌlaʊt/, /ˈæbˌlaʊt/ 1. To undergo a change of vowel. Labels: intransitive Example: This root must once have ablauted, given the associated nominal derivatives prthii- 'broad', prthivl- 'earth'. However, it does not ablaut at all in its verbal forms. Example: What we find is that one cannot predict which members of V a given member of E will cause to ablaut 2. To cause to change a vowel. Labels: transitive
Word: ablaze Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English blaze English ablaze From a- (“on, in”) + blaze (“flame”). Pronunciation: /əˈbleɪz/ 1. Burning fiercely; in a blaze; on fire. Example: 1791, The Bee, Volume 4, Short Chronicle of Events, 27 July, 1791, p. v, On entering the walls which surround the house, then all ablaze, a most dreadful conflict took place […] Example: The canoe, a dim shadowy thing, moves across the black water, / Bearing a torch ablaze at the prow. 2. Radiant with bright light and color. Example: The Heav’ns are all a-blaze, the face of night Is cover’d with a sanguine dreadful light: Example: All ablaze with crimson and gold. 3. In a state of glowing excitement, ardent desire, or other strong emotion. Example: c. 1680, uncredited translator, An Essay upon the Action of an Orator by Michel Le Faucheur, London: Nicholas Cox, pp. 184-185, And this Fire of your Eyes easily strikes those of your Auditors, who have theirs constantly fixt upon yours; and it must needs set them a-blaze too upon the same Resentment and Passion. Example: The young Cambridge democrats were all ablaze to assist Torrijos.
Word: ablaze Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English blaze English ablaze From a- (“on, in”) + blaze (“flame”). Pronunciation: /əˈbleɪz/ 1. On fire; in a blaze. Example: […] with the spontaneous combustion the house smouldered ablaze. 2. Lit up brightly and with color, gleaming. 3. In a state of glowing excitement or ardent desire.
Word: able Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *gʰh₁bʰéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *haβēō Latin habeō Proto-Indo-European *-elis Proto-Italic *-elis Latin -ilis Latin habilis Old French ablebor. Middle English able English able From Middle English able, from Old Northern French able, variant of Old French abile, habile, from Latin habilis (“easily managed, held, or handled; apt; skillful”). Doublet of habile. Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.bl̩/, [ˈeɪ̯.bɫ̩], [ˈeɪ̯.bw], /ebl̩/, [eːbɐl] 1. Having the necessary powers or the needed resources to accomplish a task. Example: She is able to lift the box without assistance. 2. Free from constraints preventing completion of task; permitted to; not prevented from. Example: In a democratic world you'd be able to say what you thought wherever you were. Example: I'll see you as soon as I'm able. 3. Gifted with skill, intelligence, knowledge, or competence. Example: The chairman was also an able sailor. Example: Natures that haue much Heat, and great and violent deſires and Perturbations, are not ripe for Action, till they haue paſſed the Meridian of their yeares: As it was with Iulius Cæſar, and Septimius Seuerus. […] And yet he [Septimus Severus] was the Ableſt Emperour, almoſt, of all the Liſt. 4. Legally qualified or competent. Example: He is able to practice law in six states. 5. Capable of performing all the requisite duties; as an able seaman. 6. Having the physical strength; robust; healthy. Labels: dialectal, obsolete Example: After the past week of forced marches, only half the men are fully able. 7. Easy to use. Labels: obsolete Example: As the hands are the most habil parts of the body... 8. Suitable; competent. Labels: obsolete Example: […] and for every able man servant that he or she shall carry or send armed and provided as aforesaid, ninety acres of land of like measure. 9. Liable to. Labels: dialectal, obsolete 10. Rich; well-to-do. Labels: obsolete Example: He was born to an able family.
Word: able Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English ablen, from Middle English able (adjective). Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.bl̩/, [ˈeɪ̯.bɫ̩], [ˈeɪ̯.bw], /ebl̩/, [eːbɐl] 1. To make ready. Labels: obsolete, transitive 2. To make capable; to enable. Labels: obsolete, transitive 3. To dress. Labels: obsolete, transitive 4. To give power to; to reinforce; to confirm. Labels: obsolete, transitive 5. To vouch for; to guarantee. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: None does offend, none....I’ll able ’em. 6. present participle and gerund of can Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: I might be able to go. Example: I have been able to go, since I was seven.
Word: able Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the first letter of the word. Suggested in the 1916 United States Army Signal Book to distinguish the letter when communicating via telephone, and later adopted in other radio and telephone signal standards. Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.bl̩/, [ˈeɪ̯.bɫ̩], [ˈeɪ̯.bw], /ebl̩/, [eːbɐl] 1. The letter "A" in Navy Phonetic Alphabet. Labels: uncountable
Word: able-bodied Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From able body + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.bl̩ˌbɑ.did/ 1. Having a sound, strong body; physically competent; robust; fit for service. Example: A servant determinately idle, leaving his work, or an able-bodied vagrant, roaming the country without means of honest self-support and without seeking employment, was to be brought before the two nearest magistrates. Example: It’s little wonder that Spanish invaders, led by Hernán Cortés, so easily conquered the Aztecs. By the time they arrived, most of the able-bodied men were dead either from having their hearts yanked out or falling off the pyramid. 2. Not disabled; having no physical disability. Example: Unfair discrimination between the able-bodied and the disabled is illegal in many places. 3. Capable of performing all requisite duties as a seaman, specifically in the Royal Navy, a rating between leading and ordinary.
Word: ablegate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French ablégate, from Latin ablēgātus, perfect passive participle of ablēgō (“to send off or away; banish”), from ab (“from, away from”) + lēgō (“to dispatch, send on a commission”). See legate. Pronunciation: /ˈæb.lə.ɡeɪt/ 1. To send abroad. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Thou hellish Dog, Depart, or I will amand, ablegate, and send thee to some vast and horrid Desert. Example: The evil which you imav gine, therefore, is so far from being really felt, that we are now sufferers by the bad policy of our ancestors, in ablegating their poor to till the wilds of America; and maintaining them there at an enormous expence
Word: ablegate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French ablégate, from Latin ablēgātus, perfect passive participle of ablēgō (“to send off or away; banish”), from ab (“from, away from”) + lēgō (“to dispatch, send on a commission”). See legate. Pronunciation: /ˈæb.lə.ɡeɪt/, /ˈæb.lə.ɡət/ 1. 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. Labels: obsolete 2. An elected representative of a Hungarian royal free city, charged to be a speaker at the Diet of Hungary and to express the opinion of the city. Labels: historical, obsolete
Word: ablegation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin ablēgātio (“a sending away, banishment”). 1. Expulsion; banishment. Labels: obsolete Example: Now of all Passions whatever, excess of Desire is fittest for this more harmless and momentary Ablegation of the Soul from the Body
Word: able-minded Part of Speech: adj 1. Having unimpaired mental capability.
Word: ableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English abilnes; equivalent to able + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.bl̩.nəs/ 1. Ability of body or mind. Labels: archaic, uncountable, usually Example: […]not that we are ſufficient of oure ſelues to thynke eny thinge, as of oure ſelues, but oure ableneſſe commeth of God,[…] Example: […] in ſtead of a brother ſhe [Empress Matilda] had a ſonne grew vp to be of more eſtimatiõ with the Nobilitie, and ſhortly after of ablenes to vndergo the trauailes of warre. 2. The degree to which one is abled or disabled. Labels: specifically, uncountable, usually Example: In academic discourse, hybridity is out; intersectionality is in. People are imagined as the sum of their race, gender, sexuality, ableness, and other identities. Example: The card's release is presented as part of a broader effort to demonstrate that inclusiveness, and addressing discrimination across race, sex or degrees of ableness isn't just a social marketing good—it's good for business. 3. Something one is able to do. Labels: countable, rare, usually Example: For [Peter] Morriss abilities are the capacities we have which we may use under particular conditions (power in a generic sense). Ablenesses are the abilities when those particular conditions obtain (power in a particular sense).
Word: ablepsy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ablepsia. Labels: alt-of, alternative, rare, uncountable
Word: abler Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.blɚ/, /ˈeɪ.bə.lɚ/ 1. comparative form of able: more able Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: ablet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French ablet, ablette, a diminutive from Late Latin abula, for albula, diminutive of albus (“white”). Compare abele. 1. A small fresh-water fish (Alburnus alburnus); the bleak.
Word: abligate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin ab- + ligātus, perfect passive participle of ligāre (“to tie”). 1. To tie up, especially a body part. Example: In order to simulate small intestinal conditions in the cecal pouches, the distal end of a cecal pouch of fourteen chickens, three to four months old, was surgically united to the small intestine and the intestine abligated just posterior to the union […]
Word: abligurition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *h₂epó Learned borrowing from Late Latin abligurrītiō, abligurītiō (“act of devouring; act of spending in feasting”), from abligurriō, abliguriō (“to lick away; to spend or waste indulgently, squander”) + -tiō (suffix forming abstract nouns from verbs); from ab- (“away; away from; from”) + ligurriō, liguriō (“to lick up; to feast or feed upon; to be dainty or fond of luxuries”). Pronunciation: /əˌblɪɡjʊˈɹɪʃən/, /əˌblɪɡ(j)ʊˈɹɪʃən/ 1. Prodigal expenditure on food. Labels: archaic, rare, uncountable Example: So soon as a rogation for a benison by the concionator, transpired, fourchettes, and all implements for the transportation of prog from the table to oral apertures, were movent and sonorific. Such abligurition; such lycanthropic edacity, lurcation, ingurgitation and gulosity; such omnivorousness and pantophagy; and such a mutation and avolation of comestibles, had never fallen under my vision in any antecedent part of my sublunary entity. Truly, anamnestic of [Lord] Byron’s “dura illia messorum!” Example: Deipnosophy, not abligurition, makes the aristologist.
Word: abloom Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English bloom English abloom From a- (“in”) + bloom (“flower”). Pronunciation: /əˈbluːm/ 1. In or into bloom; in a blooming state; having flower blooms unfolding. Labels: not-comparable, postpositional
Word: abloom Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English bloom English abloom From a- (“in”) + bloom (“flower”). Pronunciation: /əˈbluːm/ 1. Blooming; covered in flowers. Example: […] on summer nights when the tulips were abloom and the bees buzzing […] Example: [Krazy Kat:] How can you tell spring is here, Offissa Pupp? / [Officer Pupp:] By the flower abloom in yon pot. 2. Having something growing or grown. Labels: figuratively Example: For Santa Claus comes / With reindeer and sleigh / To fill up the stockings on glad Christmas Day. / And there in the library / Stands a great tree / With gifts all abloom, most lovely to see! Example: Who does not feel the passage of divine dreams over his troubled life when the infinite meadows of heaven are suddenly abloom with light? 3. Thriving in health, beauty, and vigor; exhibiting youth-like beauty. Example: The Hollywood concept of clean-shaven, square-jawed young men and fragrant young ladies with cheeks abloom does not seem to square with the facts. Example: When they returned, Jade's cheeks were abloom, her eyes alight with anticipation.
Word: ablude Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin ablūdō (“differ from”), from ab (“from”) + lūdō (“play; trick”). Pronunciation: /əˈbluːd/ 1. To be unlike; to differ. Labels: archaic, intransitive Example: Neither doth it much ablude from this, that our English divines at Dort call the decree of God, whereby he hath appointed in and by Christ to save those that repent, believe, and persevere, decretum annunciatum salutis omnibus, etc.
Word: abluent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin abluēns, present active participle of abluō (“to wash off or away; cleanse, purify”), from ab (“from, away from”) + lavō (“to wash, cleanse”). See lave. Pronunciation: /ˈæb.lu.ənt/ 1. Washing away; carrying off impurities; detergent.
Word: abluent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin abluēns, present active participle of abluō (“to wash off or away; cleanse, purify”), from ab (“from, away from”) + lavō (“to wash, cleanse”). See lave. Pronunciation: /ˈæb.lu.ənt/ 1. A detergent.
Word: ablush Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English blush English ablush From a- + blush. Pronunciation: /əˈblʌʃ/ 1. Blushing; ruddy. Example: She turned ablush when she received the unexpected compliment. Example: His face went ablush after realizing he had spoken out of turn.
Word: ablush Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English blush English ablush From a- + blush. Pronunciation: /əˈblʌʃ/ 1. Blushing; ruddy.
Word: ablution Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ablucioun (“cleansing of impurities”), from Old French ablution, and its source, Late Latin ablūtiō (“a washing away”), from abluō (“wash away”), from ab- (“away”) + lavō (“wash”). Pronunciation: /əˈbluː.ʃn̩/, /əˈblu.ʃn̩/ 1. The act of washing something. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The act of washing something. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Let water be brought to perform my ablutions, and let the pious Fakreddin be called to offer up his prayers with mine. 3. The act of washing something. Labels: countable, humorous, literary, plural-normally, uncountable Example: He followed the steps of Bella, who soon conducted him to his chamber, and left him to those ablutions which a long ride along a sandy road had rendered particularly necessary. Example: She treats him not as a doddering old fool but as a man hampered in his movements by injury. Patiently, without baby-talk, she helps him through his ablutions. 4. The act of washing something. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The act of washing something. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. The liquid used in the cleansing or ablution. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Cast the ablutions in the main 7. The ritual consumption by the deacon or priest of leftover sacred wine of host after the Communion. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. The location or building where the showers and basins are located. Labels: UK, countable, plural, plural-only, uncountable
Word: ablutionary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English ablution Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English ablutionary From ablution + -ary. Pronunciation: /əˈblu.ʃəˌnɛ.ɹi/ 1. Pertaining to ablution.
Word: abluvion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin abluvio. See abluent. 1. That which is washed off. Labels: Late, Modern, obsolete, rare, uncountable Example: This interval has been greatly extended towards Hadley since the settlement of this country. Several considerable lots have been washed away from the Hadley shore within sixty or seventy years and tracts equally large have been added to the Hatfield shore. It cannot be wondered at that this process of alluvion and abluvion which has gone on ever since the deluge or perhaps more correctly ever since Connecticut river broke down the ancient mound between Mount Tom and Mount Holyoke should produce even greater changes than these.
Word: ably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English abeliche, abelyche, abilliche, abliche; equivalent to able + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.bli/, /ˈeɪ.bə.li/ 1. In an able manner; with great ability. Example: ably done, handled, planned, said
Word: abnegate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1657. * Perhaps from Latin abnegō (“to refuse, reject”) from ab (“away from”) + negō (“to deny”), * Alternatively, perhaps a back-formation from abnegation. Pronunciation: /ˈæb.nɪ.ɡeɪt/, /ˈæb.ni.ɡeɪt/ 1. To deny (oneself something); to renounce or give up (a right, a power, a claim, a privilege, a convenience). Labels: transitive Example: To compel a state, upon theories of doubtful statutory interpretation, to appear as defendant suitor in its own courts, and to litigate with private parties as to whether it had abnegated its sovereignty of exemption, would be intolerable. Example: All ancient and modern histories of nations abnegate God. 2. To relinquish; to surrender; to abjure. Labels: transitive
Word: abnegation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested before 1398. From Middle English abnegacioun, borrowed from Latin abnegātiō, from abnegō (“refuse, deny”), from ab (“off”) + negō (“deny; refuse, say no”). Compare French abnégation. Pronunciation: /ˌæbnɪˈɡeɪʃən/, /ˌæbnəˈɡeɪʃən/ 1. A denial; a renunciation; denial of desire or self-interest. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: With abnegation of God, of his honor, and of religion, they may retain the friendship of the court. Example: Tony's face expressed relief, and Nettie sat silent for a moment until the vicar said “It was a generous impulse, but it may have been a momentary one, while in the case of monk and crusader there must have been a sustaining purpose, and possibly a great abnegation, a leaving of lands and possessions.”
Word: abnegative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *-kʷe Proto-Indo-European *nékʷe Proto-Italic *nekʷe Latin neque Latin nec Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin negō Latin abnegō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Latin abnegativusbor. English abnegative Borrowed from Latin abnegativus. Pronunciation: /æbˈnɛɡətɪv/ 1. Denying; renouncing; negative Labels: obsolete, rare Example: There is rather in their faces a quiet , baffling , negative , and abnegative expression , which certainly is as far from happy content as it is from desperate rebellion
Word: abnegator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *-kʷe Proto-Indo-European *nékʷe Proto-Italic *nekʷe Latin neque Latin nec Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin negō Latin abnegō Latin abnegātus Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Late Latin abnegātorbor. English abnegator From Late Latin abnegator, from abnegatus. Equivalent to abnegate + -or. Pronunciation: /ˈæb.nɪˌɡeɪ.tɚ/, /ˈæb.niˌɡeɪ.tɚ/ 1. One who abnegates, denies, or rejects. Labels: rare Example: On the other side, representing a serpentine generation wholy, made of fraud, policies, and practises, men lovers of the world, and haters of truth and godlinesse, fighters against the light, protectors of darkenesse, persecuters of marriage, and patrons of brothelles, abnegators and dispencers against the lawes of God […] Example: The Catholic is theoretically a Collectivist, a self-abnegator, a Tory, a Conservative, a supporter of Church and State one and undivisible, an obeyer.
Word: abnet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hebrew אבנט (avnet, “girdle, belt”). Pronunciation: /ˈæb.nət/ 1. The girdle of a Jewish priest or officer.
Word: abnormal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ab- + normal. First attested in 1835, replacing the earlier anormal and even earlier abnormous, from Latin abnormis (“departing from normal”), from either ab- (“away from”) + norma (“rule, norm”), or Ancient Greek ἀνώμαλος (anṓmalos). Pronunciation: /ˌæbˈnɔː.məl/, /ˌæbˈnɔɹ.ml̩/, /əbˈnɔɹ.ml̩/ 1. Not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type. Example: And then after an abnormal meal, which was either a very late breakfast or a very early lunch, they drove on to Victoria Station. Example: Here perhaps one of you might interrupt me and say, 'But what is it that you do, Socrates? How is it that you have been misrepresented like this? Surely all this talk and gossip about you would never have arisen if you had confined yourself to ordinary activities, but only if your behaviour was abnormal. Give us the explanation, if you do not want us to draw our own conclusions.' 2. Of or pertaining to that which is irregular, in particular, behaviour that deviates from norms of social propriety or accepted standards of mental health. Example: Furuseth was right; I was abnormal, an "emotionless monster," a strange bookish creature, capable of pleasuring in sensations only of the mind. Example: Many of the so-called rites of these secret societies were so patently ridiculous, that it is quite obvious that they were merely an excuse for men and women to indulge in sex-play and lustful gratification, frequently of an abnormal kind.
Word: abnormal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ab- + normal. First attested in 1835, replacing the earlier anormal and even earlier abnormous, from Latin abnormis (“departing from normal”), from either ab- (“away from”) + norma (“rule, norm”), or Ancient Greek ἀνώμαλος (anṓmalos). Pronunciation: /ˌæbˈnɔː.məl/, /ˌæbˈnɔɹ.ml̩/, /əbˈnɔɹ.ml̩/ 1. A person or object that is not normal.
Word: abnormality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English abnormal Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English abnormality From abnormal + -ity. First attested in the mid 19th century. Pronunciation: /ˌæbnɔːˈmælɪtɪ/, /ˌæbˌnɔɹˈmæl.ət.i/, /ˌæbˌnɔɹˈmæl.ɪt.i/, /ˌæbˌnɚˈmæl.ət.i/, /ˌæbˌnɚˈmæl.ɪt.i/ 1. The state or quality of being abnormal; variation; irregularity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Taylor said that her fame makes her "sometimes" miss the normality of being able to hang out with friends but that she's had to get used to "the abnormality of my life". 2. Something abnormal; an aberration; an abnormal occurrence or feature. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I want a full genetic analysis. We're going to examine any abnormality we find no matter how insignificant it seems. Example: The factors that filter out who “gets through” from conception to birth include chromosomal or genetic abnormalities of the fetus or the mother’s stress response to changes in her environment, Catalano said.
Word: abnormally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English abnormal Middle English -ly English -ly English abnormally From abnormal + -ly. Pronunciation: /æbˈnɔɹ.mə.li/ 1. In an abnormal manner; in a way that deviates from a standard, norm, or average. Example: Living, as they did, in what appeared to me impenetrable darkness, their eyes were abnormally large and sensitive. Example: In mild cases of hypergonadism prior to puberty, the onset of physical and mood changes may not be abnormally early or significant enough to cause any psychological or long-term physical complications.
Word: abnormity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From abnorm(al) + -ity, from Late Latin abnormitas, from Latin abnormis (“irregular, abnormal”), from ab + norm (“rule, pattern”). See also abnormous. Pronunciation: /æbˈnɔɹ.mɪ.ti/ 1. Alternative form of abnormality Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, rare, uncountable Example: Why do critics—some of them—make such short, smart work,—such cheerful, confident despatch, nowadays, of a story with religion in it, as if it were an abnormity,—a thing with sentence of death in itself, like a calf born with two heads,—that needs not their trouble, save to name it as it is? Example: Abnormity was detected during the flight of the rocket, which blasted off at 7:23 p.m. Sunday from Wenchang Space Launch Center in southern province of Hainan. 2. A monstrosity Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: abnormous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin abnormis, from ab- + norma (“rule”), + -ous. For more, see normal. Pronunciation: /ˈæbˌnɔɹ.məs/, /əbˈnɔɹ.məs/ 1. Abnormal; irregular; misshapen. Labels: archaic Example: Sir Toby Matthews was a character equally , if not of a more abnormous cast , than his suspected coadjutor Example: No branch , except in the abnormous cases , is given off from the common carotid between its origin and bifurcation
Word: aboard Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English abord, from a- (“on”) + bord (“board, side of a ship”); equivalent to a- + board. Pronunciation: /əˈbɔːd/, /əˈbɔɹd/ 1. On board; into or within a ship or boat; hence, into or within a railway car. Labels: not-comparable Example: We all climbed aboard. Example: As the 1857 to Manchester Piccadilly rolls in, I scan the windows and realise there are plenty of spare seats, so I hop aboard. The train is a '221'+'220' combo to allow for social distancing - a luxury on an XC train as normally you're playing sardines, so I make the most of it. 2. On or onto a horse, a camel, etc. Labels: not-comparable Example: to sling a saddle aboard 3. On base. Labels: not-comparable Example: He doubled with two men aboard, scoring them both. 4. Into a team, group, or company. Labels: not-comparable Example: The office manager welcomed him aboard. 5. Alongside. Labels: not-comparable Example: The ships came close aboard to pass messages. Example: The captain laid his ship aboard the enemy's ship.
Word: aboard Part of Speech: prep Etymology: From Middle English abord, from a- (“on”) + bord (“board, side of a ship”); equivalent to a- + board. Pronunciation: /əˈbɔːd/, /əˈbɔɹd/ 1. On board of; onto or into a ship, boat, train, plane. Example: We all went aboard the ship. Example: Conditions were horrendous aboard most British naval vessels at the time. Scurvy and other diseases ran rampant, killing more seamen each year than all other causes combined, including combat. 2. Onto a horse. 3. Across; athwart; alongside. Labels: obsolete Example: Nor iron bands aboard The Pontic Sea by their huge navy cast.
Word: abodance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English abode Latin -iader. Old French -ancebor. Middle English -aunce English -ance English abodance From abode (“omen”) + -ance. 1. An omen or portent. Labels: obsolete
Word: abode Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English abod, abad, from Old English *ābād, related to ābīdan (“to abide”); see abide. Cognate with Scots abade, abaid (“abode”). For the change of nouns, compare abode, preterite of abide. Pronunciation: /əˈbəʊd/, /əˈboʊd/, [ʔəˈboʊːd̥̚] 1. Act of waiting; delay. Labels: obsolete Example: Vpon his Courser set the louely lode, / And with her fled away without abode. 2. Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn. Labels: dated Example: During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant[…] Example: You behold, Sir, how he waxeth Wroth at your Abode here. 3. A residence, dwelling or habitation. Labels: formal Example: of no fixed abode Example: humble abode