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To beat down; to overthrow. [Obs.] The King of Scots . . . sore abated the walls. Edw. Hall.

Barking; baying of dogs upon their prey. See Bay. [Obs.]

To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity. Though a king may abdicate for his own person, he cannot abdicate for the monarchy. Burke.

The act of bringing down or humbling. "The abjection of the king and his realm." Joe.

A carrying or taking away; removal. Jer. Taylor.

Taking away or removing. [Obs.] Where the heart is forestalled with misopinion, ablative directions are found needful to unteach error, ere we can learn truth. Bp. Hall.

A red ocher used to darken mahogany and for making chloride of potassium.

A sudden breaking off; a violent separation of bodies. Woodward.

Not existing; lacking; as, the part was rudimental or absent.

mon wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), an intensely bitter plant, used as a tonic and for making the oil of wormwood.

The act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything, or of being absorbed and made to disappear; as, the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool, the absorption of a smaller tribe into a larger.

The taking surreptitiously for one's own use part of the property of another; purloining. [Modern]

Modulation of the voice in speaking; manner of speaking or pronouncing; peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice; tone; as, a foreign accent; a French or a German accent. "Beguiled you in a plain accent." Shak. "A perfect accent." Thackeray. The tender accent of a woman's cry. Prior.

r proposals by which a bargain is concluded and the parties are bound; the reception or taking of a thing bought as that for which it was bought, or as that agreed to be delivered, or the taking possession as owner.

A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined; as, a king's accession to a confederacy.

Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; casual; fortuitous; as, an accidental visit.

To declare by acclamations. While the shouting crowd Acclaims thee king of traitors. Smollett.

ses put in motion; electricity stored. -- An accumulation of degrees (Eng. Univ.), the taking of several together, or at smaller intervals than usual or than is allowed by the rules.

The act of making acetous or sour; the process of converting, or of becoming converted, into vinegar.

Lacking bile.