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ABODE n.
Act of waiting; delay. [Obs.] Shak. And with her fled away without abode. Spenser.
ABOLISH v.
physical objects; to wipe out. [Archaic] And with thy blood abolish so reproachful blot. Spenser. His quick instinctive hand Caught at the hilt, as to abolish him. Tennyson.
ABOMA n.
A large South American serpent (Boa aboma).
ABOUT prep.
On the point or verge of; going; in act of. Paul was now aboutto open his mouth. Acts xviii. 14.
ABOVEBOARD adv.
Above the board or table. Hence: in open sight; without trick, concealment, or deception. "Fair and aboveboard." Burke.
ABRAY v.
See Abraid. [Obs.] Spenser.
ABRIDGMENT n. 2 definitions
; diminution; lessening; reduction or deprivation; as, an abridgment of pleasures or of expenses.
ABRUPTLY adv.
Precipitously. Abruptly pinnate (Bot.), pinnate without an odd leaflet, or other appendage, at the end. Gray.
ABSOLUTE a. 2 definitions
Loosed from, or unconnected by, dependence on any other being; self-existent; self-sufficing.
ABSOLUTELY adv.
In an absolute, independent, or unconditional manner; wholly; positively.
ABSOLUTENESS n.
The quality of being absolute; independence of everything extraneous; unlimitedness; absolute power; independent reality; positiveness.
ABSOLUTION n. 4 definitions
An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense. "Government . . . granting absolution to the nation." Froude.
ABSOLVE v.
To free from a penalty; to pardon; to remit (a sin); -- said of the sin or guilt. In his name I absolve your perjury. Gibbon.
ABSTEMIOUS a.
Marked by, or spent in, abstinence; as, an abstemious life. "One abstemious day." Pope.
ABSTINENCE n. 2 definitions
from an indulgence of appetite, or from customary gratifications of animal or sensual propensities. Specifically, the practice of abstaining from intoxicating beverages, -- called also total abstinence. The abstinence from a present pleasure that offers itself is a pain, nay, oftentimes, a very great one. Locke.…
ABUSE v.
To violate; to ravish. Spenser.
ABY; ABYE v.
To endure; to abide. [Obs.] But nought that wanteth rest can long aby. Spenser.
ACADEMY n.
Academy of Music. Academy figure (Paint.), a drawing usually half life-size, in crayon or pencil, after a nude model.
ACCEPTABILITY n.
The quality of being acceptable; acceptableness. "Acceptability of repentance." Jer. Taylor.
ACCESSIBLE a.
Open to the influence of; -- with to. "Minds accessible to reason." Macaulay.
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