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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.]

Place of continuance, or where one dwells; abiding place; residence; a dwelling; a habitation. Come, let me lead you to our poor abode. Wordsworth.

Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence, in quality, manner, degree, etc.; as, about as cold; about as high; -- also of quantity, number, time. "There fell . . . about three thousand men." Exod. xxii. 28.

in order; higher in the same page; hence, in a foregoing page. "That was said above." Dryden.

amulet it was supposed to ward off fever. At present the word is used chiefly in jest to denote something without meaning; jargon.

To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense; as, to abridge a history or dictionary.

Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious. "The cause of your abrupt departure." Shak.

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

In an abrupt manner; without giving notice, or without the usual forms; suddenly.

Suddenness; unceremonious haste or vehemence; as, abruptness of style or manner.

eat 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.

Loosed from, or unconnected by, dependence on any other being; self-existent; self-sufficing.

In an absolute, independent, or unconditional manner; wholly; positively.

The quality of being absolute; independence of everything extraneous; unlimitedness; absolute power; independent reality; positiveness.

Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe. E. Darwin.

. Etym: [L., without this.] (Law) The technical words of denial used in traversing what has been alleged, and is repeated.

Promotive of abstemiousness. [R.] Such is the virtue of the abstemious well. Dryden.