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reign countries; as, we have broils at home and enemies abroad. "Another prince . . . was living abroad." Macaulay.

Abrogated; abolished. [Obs.] Latimer.

tention 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.

who absents himself from his country, office, post, or duty; especially, a landholder who lives in another country or district than that where his estate is situated; as, an Irish absentee. Macaulay.

A strong spirituous liqueur made from wormwood and brandy or alcohol.

Loosed from any limitation or condition; uncontrolled; unrestricted; unconditional; as, absolute authority, monarchy, sovereignty, an absolute promise or command; absolute power; an absolute monarch.

o overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to include. "Dark oblivion soon absorbs them all." Cowper. The large cities absorb the wealth and fashion. W. Irving.

An imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action; as, the absorption of light, heat, electricity, etc.

One who abstains; esp., one who abstains from the use of intoxicating liquors.

Marked by, or spent in, abstinence; as, an abstemious life. "One abstemious day." Pope.

A separation from worldly objects; a recluse life; as, a hermit's abstraction.

To dishonor. "Shall flight abuse your name" Shak.

The quality of being abusive; rudeness of language, or violence to the person. Pick out mirth, like stones out of thy ground, Profaneness, filthiness, abusiveness. Herbert.

ers and spirits of this nethermost abyss. Milton. The throne is darkness, in the abyss of light. Dryden.

Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning; scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from scientific. "Academic courses." Warburton. "Academical study." Berkeley.

A member of an academy, or society for promoting science, art, or literature, as of the French Academy, or the Royal Academy of arts.

A society of learned men united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science; as, the French Academy; the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; academies of literature and philology.

chnida which includes the mites and ticks. Many species are parasitic, and cause diseases like the itch and mange.

Shaped like or resembling a mite.

Pertaining to a race supposed to have lived in Babylonia before the Assyrian conquest. -- Ac*ca"di*an, n., Ac"cad, n. Sayce.