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In a state of glowing excitement or ardent desire. The young Cambridge democrats were all ablaze to assist Torrijos. Carlyle.

To deny and reject; to abjure. Sir E. Sandys. Farrar.

and adv. Above. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] Aboon the pass of Bally-Brough. Sir W. Scott. The ceiling fair that rose aboon. J. R. Drake.

An untimely birth. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

ing out or yielding liquor, as a cask which is tapped. Hogsheads of ale were set abroach. Sir W. Scott.

To tear off or asunder. [Obs.] "Till death abrupts them." Sir T. Browne.

The state of being cut off. Sir T. Browne.

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

One who believes that it is possible to realize a cognition or concept of the absolute. Sir. W. Hamilton.

To resolve or explain. [Obs.] "We shall not absolve the doubt." Sir T. Browne.

To absterge; to cleanse; to purge away. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

iping clean; a cleansing; a purging. The task of ablution and abstersion being performed. Sir W. Scott.

He was incapable of forming any opinion or resolution abstracted from his own prejudices. Sir W. Scott.

Abstruseness; that which is abstruse. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Act of wasting away; a consuming; extinction. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

an abyss; unfathomable. Abyssal zone (Phys. Geog.), one of the belts or zones into which Sir E. Forbes divides the bottom of the sea in describing its plants, animals, etc. It is the one furthest from the shore, embracing all beyond one hundred fathoms deep. Hence, abyssal animals, plants, etc.

Acceptance. [R.] Here's a proof of gift, But here's no proof, sir, of acceptancy. Mrs. Browning.

Pertaining to accession; additional. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

To furnish with something desired, needed, or convenient; to favor; to oblige; as, to accommodate a friend with a loan or with lodgings.

t; -- followed by to. "The organization of the body with accommodation to its functions." Sir M. Hale.