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ich appear at the respective poles when a body is subjected to electro-chemical decomposition. Cf. Anion, Cation.

Of or pertaining to Ionia or the Ionians; Ionic. -- n.

Of or pertaining to Ionia or the Ionians.

A genus of violaceous plants, chiefly found in tropical America, some species of which are used as substitutes for ipecacuanha.

To separate (a compound) into ions, esp. by dissolving in water. --I`on*i*za"tion (#), n.

The act of abacinating. [R.]

Stealing cattle on a large scale. [Obs.]

The act of abalienating; alienation; estrangement. [Obs.]

Banishment. [Obs.] Bailey.

Articulation, usually that kind of articulation which admits of free motion in the joint; diarthrosis. Coxe.

The form to which a word or phrase is reduced by contraction and omission; a letter or letters, standing for a word or phrase of which they are a part; as, Gen. for Genesis; U.S.A. for United States of America.

The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder; commonly the voluntary renunciation of sovereign power; as, abdication of the throne, government, power, authority.

The wrongful, and usually the forcible, carrying off of a human being; as, the abduction of a child, the abduction of an heiress.

The act of wandering; deviation, especially from truth or moral rectitude, from the natural state, or from a type. "The aberration of youth." Hall. "Aberrations from theory." Burke.

Characterized by aberration.

A partial evacuation. Mayne.

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

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

Rejection by judicial sentence. [R.] Knowles.

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.