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Careless freedom or ease; abandon. [R.] Carlyle.

Permanently. Carlyle.

A very abject or low condition; abjectness. [R.] Boyle.

t or ardent desire. The young Cambridge democrats were all ablaze to assist Torrijos. Carlyle.

Pertaining to abortion; miscarrying; abortive. Carlyle.

Having sudden transitions from one subject to another; unconnected. The abrupt style, which hath many breaches. B. Jonson.

Suddenness; unceremonious haste or vehemence; as, abruptness of style or manner.

Absolving. [R.] Carlyle.

The quality of being abstruse; difficulty of apprehension. Boyle.

To consume gradually; to waste away. [Obs.] Boyle.

ound. Geology gives one the same abysmal extent of time that astronomy does of space. Carlyle.

ething additional and subordinate. "The aspect and accessories of a den of banditti." Carlyle.

To adapt one's self; to be conformable or adapted. [R.] Boyle.

Capable of being accomplished; practicable. Carlyle.

Lying against anything, as one part of a leaf against another leaf. Gray. Accumbent cotyledons have their edges placed against the caulicle. Eaton.

Custom; habitual use. [Obs.] Boyle.

Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries.

Having a sour taste; sour; acid. "An acetous spirit." Boyle. "A liquid of an acetous kind." Bp. Lowth.

Without chyle.

To sour; to imbitter. His thin existence all acidified into rage. Carlyle.