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A pathological condition opposite to that of irritation; debility; want of strength; asthenia.

Cast down; low-lying. [Obs.] From the safe shore their floating carcasses And broken chariot wheels; so thick bestrown Abject and lost lay these, covering the flood. Milton.

The act of bringing down or humbling. "The abjection of the king and his realm." Joe.

The state of being abject; abasement; meanness; servility. Grew.

Exceptional. [R.] It is this power which leads on from the accidental and abjunctive to the universal. I. Taylor.

The act of abjuring or forswearing; a renunciation upon oath; as, abjuration of the realm, a sworn banishment, an oath taken to leave the country and never to return.

To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow; as, to abjure allegiance to a prince. To abjure the realm, is to swear to abandon it forever.

The weaning of a child from the breast, or of young beasts from their dam. Blount.

To lay bare, as the roots of a tree. [Obs.] Bailey.

The act or process of laying bare the roots of trees to expose them to the air and water. [Obs.] Evelyn.

Taking away or removing. [Obs.] Where the heart is forestalled with misopinion, ablative directions are found needful to unteach error, ere we can learn truth. Bp. Hall.

The substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding modification of use or meaning; vowel permutation; as, get, gat, got; sing, song; hang, hung. Earle.

On fire; in a blaze, gleaming. Milman. All ablaze with crimson and gold. Longfellow.

Having sufficient power, strength, force, skill, means, or resources of any kind to accomplish the object; possessed of qualifications rendering competent for some end; competent; qualified; capable; as, an able workman, soldier, seaman, a man able to work; a mind able to reason; a person able to be generous; able to e…

A representative of the pope charged with important commissions in foreign countries, one of his duties being to bring to a newly named cardinal his insignia of office.

The act of sending abroad. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

A small fresh-water fish (Leuciscus alburnus); the bleak.

The act of washing or cleansing; specifically, the washing of the body, or some part of it, as a religious rite.

That which is washed off. [R.] Dwight.

In an able manner; with great ability; as, ably done, planned, said.