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To annul by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or his successor; to repeal; -- applied to the repeal of laws, decrees, ordinances, the abolition of customs, etc. Let us see whether the New Testament abrogates what we so frequently see in the Old. South. Whose laws, like those of the Medes an…

Tending or designed to abrogate; as, an abrogative law.

To brook; to endure. [Obs.] Shak.

Broken off; very steep, or craggy, as rocks, precipices, banks; precipitous; steep; as, abrupt places. "Tumbling through ricks abrupt," Thomson.

aracteristic of ordinary abscesses, and lasting for years without exhibiting any tendency towards healing; a chronic abscess.

To cut off. [R.] "Two syllables . . . abscinded from the rest." Johnson.

One of the elements of reference by which a point, as of a curve, is referred to a system of fixed rectilineal coördinate axes.

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

To hide, withdraw, or be concealed. The marmot absconds all winter. Ray.

A state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; -- opposed to presence. Not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence. Phil. ii. 12.

Inattentive to what is passing; absent-minded; preoccupied; as, an absent air. What is commonly called an absent man is commonly either a very weak or a very affected man. Chesterfield.

Pertaining to absence. [Obs.]

Of or pertaining to wormwood; absinthian.

To impregnate with wormwood.

Relating to the common wormwood or to an acid obtained from it.

The common wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), an intensely bitter plant, used as a tonic and for making the oil of wormwood.

To stand apart from; top leave off; to desist. [Obs.] Raleigh.

absolute perfection; absolute beauty. So absolute she seems, And in herself complete. Milton.

guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense. "Government . . . granting absolution to the nation." Froude.

One who is in favor of an absolute or autocratic government.