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To finish; to accomplish. [Obs.] The work begun, how soon absolved. Milton.

To hinder; to withhold. Whether he abstain men from marrying. Milton.

wine. [Orig. Latin sense.] Under his special eye Abstemious I grew up and thrived amain. Milton.

Something cleansing. The strong abstersive of some heroic magistrate. Milton.

Abstracted; absent in mind. "Abstract, as in a trance." Milton. An abstract idea (Metaph.), an idea separated from a complex object, or from other ideas which naturally accompany it; as the solidity of marble when contemplated apart from its color or figure. -- Abstract terms, those which express abstract ideas, as be…

or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart. The evil abstracted stood from his own evil. Milton.

r hidden out of the way. [Obs.] The eternal eye whose sight discerns Abstrusest thoughts. Milton.

pecifically, hell, or the bottomless pit. Ye powers and spirits of this nethermost abyss. Milton. The throne is darkness, in the abyss of light. Dryden.

of. If you accept them, then their worth is great. Shak. To accept of ransom for my son. Milton. She accepted of a treat. Addison.

approached; passage way; as, the access is by a neck of land. "All access was thronged." Milton.

y secondary and accessary causes that support monarchy, these are not of least reckoning. Milton.

The accidents, of inflections of words; the rudiments of grammar. Milton.

Acclamation. [Poetic] Milton.

To cohabit (with). [Obs.] Milton.

. show themselves accomplished bees. Holland. Daughter of God and man, accomplished Eve. Milton.

with his looks. My heart accordeth with my tongue. Shak. Thy actions to thy words accord. Milton.

To unite; to attach; to incorporate. [Obs.] Milton.

To speak to first; to address; to greet. "Him, Satan thus accosts." Milton.

ents for this assertion out of those very scriptures which are commonly urged against it. Milton. -- To make account of, to hold in estimation; to esteem; as, he makes small account of beauty. -- To take account of, or to take into account, to take into consideration; to notice. "Of their doings, God takes no account.…

bs.] We with the best men accustom openly; you with the basest commit private adulteries. Milton.