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Diminishing; as, an ablatitious force. Sir J. Herschel.

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 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.

The act of sending abroad. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

To tie up so as to hinder from. [Obs.]

To deny and reject; to abjure. Sir E. Sandys. Farrar.

a denial; a renunciation. With abnegation of God, of his honor, and of religion, they may retain the friendship of the court. Knox.

Denying; renouncing; negative. [R.] Clarke.

One who abnegates, denies, or rejects anything. [R.]

To clear (tress) from knots. [R.] Blount.

The act of cutting away the knots of trees. [R.] Crabb.

To turn from as ill-omened; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread; loathe; as, to abominate all impiety.

The feeling of extreme disgust and hatred; abhorrence; detestation; loathing; as, he holds tobacco in abomination.

p of annelids, so called because the species composing it have no special organs of respiration.

Without gills.

Absolute renunciation or repudiation. [Obs.] An abrenunciation of that truth which he so long had professed, and still believed. Fuller.

Abrogated; abolished. [Obs.] Latimer.

The act of abrogating; repeal by authority. Hume.

Tending or designed to abrogate; as, an abrogative law.

One who repeals by authority.