‖n. [ Name given by the negroes in the island of St. Thomas. ] A West Indian palm; also the fruit of this palm, the seeds of which are used as a remedy for diseases of the chest. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. (Physiol.) drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part; -- used especially of muscles adducent
Syn. -- abducent [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Behavior. [ Obs. ] Sir. T. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

Same as Aby. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ G. ] See Legislature, Austria, Prussia. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. Detestation. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Object of abhorrence. Isa. lxvi. 24. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Continuing; lasting. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Permanently. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ The proper name used as an appellative. ] A lady's waiting-maid. Pepys. [ 1913 Webster ]

Her abigail reported that Mrs. Gutheridge had a set of night curls for sleeping in. Leslie. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'a priv. + bi`os life + ge`nesis, origin, birth. ] (Biol.) The supposed origination of living organisms from lifeless matter; such genesis as does not involve the action of living parents; spontaneous generation; -- called also abiogeny, and opposed to biogenesis. [ 1913 Webster ]

I shall call the . . . doctrine that living matter may be produced by not living matter, the hypothesis of abiogenesis. Huxley, 1870. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to abiogenesis. Ab`i*o*ge*net"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. (Biol.) One who believes that life can be produced independently of antecedent. Huxley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Biol.) Produced by spontaneous generation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Biol.) Same as Abiogenesis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'a priv. + E. biological. ] Pertaining to the study of inanimate things. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. ab- + judge, v. Cf. Abjudicate. ] To take away by judicial decision. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. abjugatus, p. p. of abjugare. ] To unyoke. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. ablegatus, p. p. of ablegare; ab + legare to send with a commission. See Legate. ] To send abroad. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (R. C. Ch.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ablegatio. ] The act of sending abroad. [ Obs. ] Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. ab + ligatus, p. p. of ligare to tie. ] To tie up so as to hinder from. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. abligurito, fr. abligurire to spend in luxurious indulgence; ab + ligurire to be lickerish, dainty, fr. lingere to lick. ] Prodigal expense for food. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Abnegated; p. pr. & vb. n. Abnegating. ] [ L. abnegatus, p. p. of abnegare; ab + negare to deny. See Deny. ] To deny and reject; to abjure. Sir E. Sandys. Farrar. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. abnegatio: cf. F. abnégation. ] a denial; a renunciation. [ 1913 Webster ]

With abnegation of God, of his honor, and of religion, they may retain the friendship of the court. Knox. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. abnegativus. ] Denying; renouncing; negative. [ R. ] Clarke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] One who abnegates, denies, or rejects anything. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A foreboding. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Aborigines. ] 1. First; original; indigenous; primitive; native; as, the aboriginal tribes of America. “Mantled o'er with aboriginal turf.” Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to aborigines; as, a Hindu of aboriginal blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. An original inhabitant of any land; one of the aborigines. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An animal or a plant native to the region. [ 1913 Webster ]

It may well be doubted whether this frog is an aboriginal of these islands. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being aboriginal. Westm. Rev. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Primarily. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ L. Aborigines; ab + origo, especially the first inhabitants of Latium, those who originally (ab origine) inhabited Latium or Italy. See Origin. ] 1. The earliest known inhabitants of a country; native races. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The original fauna and flora of a geographical area [ 1913 Webster ]

imp. & p. p. of Aby. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. 1 same as abundant abounding confidence
Syn. -- galore(postnominal) [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The largest hammer used by smiths. Weale. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. See Abridge. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Abridged p. pr. & vb. n. Abridging. ] [ OE. abregen, OF. abregier, F. abréger, fr. L. abbreviare; ad + brevis short. See Brief and cf. Abbreviate. ] 1. To make shorter; to shorten in duration; to lessen; to diminish; to curtail; as, to abridge labor; to abridge power or rights. “The bridegroom . . . abridged his visit.” Smollett. [ 1913 Webster ]

She retired herself to Sebaste, and abridged her train from state to necessity. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense; as, to abridge a history or dictionary. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To deprive; to cut off; -- followed by of, and formerly by from; as, to abridge one of his rights. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. 1 shortened by condensing or rewriting; -- said of texts: an abridged version [ Narrower terms: half-length ] unabridged, full-length
Syn. -- condensed [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. 1. a shortened version .
Syn. -- condensation, abridgment [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who abridges. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. abregement. See Abridge. ] 1. The act of abridging, or the state of being abridged; diminution; lessening; reduction or deprivation; as, an abridgment of pleasures or of expenses. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form, esp. of a written work; an abbreviation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ancient coins as abridgments of history. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which abridges or cuts short; hence, an entertainment that makes the time pass quickly. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

What abridgment have you for this evening? What mask? What music? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. a diminution or curtailment, as of legal rights. [ PJC ]

Syn. -- Abridgment, Compendium, Epitome, Abstract, Synopsis. An abridgment is made by omitting the less important parts of some larger work; as, an abridgment of a dictionary. A compendium is a brief exhibition of a subject, or science, for common use; as, a compendium of American literature. An epitome corresponds to a compendium, and gives briefly the most material points of a subject; as, an epitome of history. An abstract is a brief statement of a thing in its main points. A synopsis is a bird's-eye view of a subject, or work, in its several parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being abrogated. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. abrogatus, p. p. ] Abrogated; abolished. [ Obs. ] Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Abrogated; p. pr. & vb. n. Abrogating. ] [ L. abrogatus, p. p. of abrogare; ab + rogare to ask, require, propose. See Rogation. ] 1. To annul by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or his successor; to repeal; -- applied to the repeal of laws, decrees, ordinances, the abolition of customs, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let us see whether the New Testament abrogates what we so frequently see in the Old. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whose laws, like those of the Medes and Persian, they can not alter or abrogate. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To put an end to; to do away with. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To abolish; annul; do away; set aside; revoke; repeal; cancel; annihilate. See Abolish. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. abrogatio, fr. abrogare: cf. F. abrogation. ] The act of abrogating; repeal by authority. Hume. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending or designed to abrogate; as, an abrogative law. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who repeals by authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Swallowing, engrossing; as, an absorbing pursuit. -- Ab*sorb"ing, adv. [1913 Webster]

v. t. [ L. abstergere, abstersum; ab, abs + tergere to wipe. Cf. F absterger. ] To make clean by wiping; to wipe away; to cleanse; hence, to purge. [ R. ] Quincy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. abstergens, p. pr. of abstergere. ] Serving to cleanse, detergent. [ 1913 Webster ]