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ecantation or renunciation; as, an abjuration of heresy. Oath of abjuration, an oath asserting the right of the present royal family to the crown of England, and expressly abjuring allegiance to the descendants of the Pretender. Brande & C.

The process of grafting now called inarching, or grafting by approach.

The substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding modification of use or meaning; vowel permutation; as, get, gat, got; sing, song; hang, hung. Earle.

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

Not conformed to rule or system; deviating from the type; anomalous; irregular. "That deviating from the type; anomalous; irregular. " Froude.

. -- To lay (a ship) aboard, to place one's own ship close alongside of (a ship) for fighting.

Act of waiting; delay. [Obs.] Shak. And with her fled away without abode. Spenser.

Manner of approaching or accosting; address. Chesterfield.

Cutting short; as, abortive treatment of typhoid fever.

Cited before, in the preceding part of a book or writing.

Relating to the patriarch Abraham.

Broached; in a condition for letting out or yielding liquor, as a cask which is tapped. Hogsheads of ale were set abroach. Sir W. Scott.

The act of abrogating; repeal by authority. Hume.

Suddenly terminating, as if cut off. Gray.

formation, unattended with the pain and heat characteristic of ordinary abscesses, and lasting for years without exhibiting any tendency towards healing; a chronic abscess.

A separating; removal; also, an abscess. [Obs.] Gauden. Barrough.

The act or process of cutting off. "Not to be cured without the abscission of a member." Jer. Taylor.

Inattention to things present; abstraction (of mind); as, absence of mind. "Reflecting on the little absences and distractions of mankind." Addison. To conquer that abstraction which is called absence. Landor.

Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; not present. "Expecting absent friends." Shak.

The act of absenting one's self. Sir W. Hamilton.