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A barbarous corruption of have, of he, and sometimes of it and of they. "So would I a done" "A brushes his hat." Shak.

to whom one owes allegiance or fidelity; to quit; to surrender. Hope was overthrown, yet could not be abandoned. I. Taylor.

hed, the devil stood, And felt how awful goodness is. Milton. He was a man whom no check could abash. Macaulay.

fect that from some formal defect (e.g. misnomer, want of jurisdiction) the proceedings should be abated.

rses; to abet vice; to abet an insurrection. "The whole tribe abets the villany." South. Would not the fool abet the stealth, Who rashly thus exposed his wealth Gay.

To protest against; to reject solemnly. [Obs.] I utterly abhor, yea, from my soul Refuse you for my judge. Shak.

To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with. She could not abide Master Shallow. Shak.

A low or downcast state; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation. That this should be termed baseness, abjection of mind, or servility, is it credible Hooker.

Alongside; as, close aboard. Naut.: To fall aboard of, to strike a ship's side; to fall foul of. -- To haul the tacks aboard, to set the courses. -- To keep the land aboard, to hug the shore. -- To lay (a ship) aboard, to place one's own ship close alongside of (a ship) for fighting.

Side by side, with breasts in a line; as, "Two men could hardly walk abreast." Macaulay.

bligation, debt, or responsibility, or from the consequences of guilt or such ties as it would be sin or guilt to violate; to pronounce free; as, to absolve a subject from his allegiance; to absolve an offender, which amounts to an acquittal and remission of his punishment. Halifax was absolved by a majority of fourtee…

d or drink, especially of meat. Penance, fasts, and abstinence, To punish bodies for the soul's offense. Dryden.

term is to be used according to its usual acceptation. My words, in common acceptation, Could never give this provocation. Gay.

essential; anything happening accidentally. He conceived it just that accidentals . . . should sink with the substance of the accusation. Fuller.

ud applause. On such a day, a holiday having been voted by acclamation, an ordinary walk would not satisfy the children. Southey.

formerly used in conferring knighthood, consisting am embrace, and a slight blow on the shoulders with the flat blade of a sword.

To complete, as time or distance. That He would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. Dan. ix. 2. He had accomplished half a league or more. Prescott.

ment or harmony; harmonious. "This according voice of national wisdom." Burke. "Mind and soul according well." Tennyson. According to him, every person was to be bought. Macaulay. Our zeal should be according to knowledge. Sprat.

thority of; to give recognition to. In all thy ways acknowledge Him. Prov. iii. 6. By my soul, I'll ne'er acknowledge thee. Shak.

The outer extremity of the shoulder blade.