A GENERAL DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. A. АВА 1. Given up. 2. Forfaken. ABB Has, in the English language, ABANDONED. part, a. three different founds. The broad found, as, all, wall. The open, father, rather. The flender, or clofe, is the peculiar a of the English language. Of this found we have examples in place, face, wafie. 2. A, an article fet before nouns of the 3. A is fometimes a noun; as, great A. A hunting. A begging, Prior. 5. A has a fignification denoting proportion. The landlord hath a hundred a year. Shakespeare. 3. Corrupted in the highest degree. ABANDONMENT, J. [abandonnement, Fr.] The act of abandoning. ABARTICULA'TION. S. [from ab, from, and articulus, a joint, Lat.] That fpecies of articulation that has manifeft motion. To ABA'SE, v. a. [abaisfer, Fr.] To caft down, to deprefs, to bring low. Sidney ABA'SEMENT. /. The ftate of being brought low; depreffion. Ecclefiafticus. To ABA'SH. v. a. [See BASHFUL.) TO make afhamed. Milton To ABATE. v. a. [From the French abbatre.] 1. To leffen, to diminish. Davies. 3. To let down the price in felling. To ABA'TE. v. n. To grow less. Corvel Locke Arbuth. 1. The act of abating. Swift. 4. The caufe of abating; extenuation. A'BBESS. f. [abbatisa, Lat. abbesse, Fr.] ABERRA'TION. ƒ. [from aberratio, Lat.} The fuperiour of a runnery. Dryd The act of deviating from the common A'BBEY, or ABBY. J [abbatia, Lat.] A track, Glanville. monaftery of religious perfons, whether ABE'RRING. part. [aberro, Lat.] Going men or women. Shakespeare. A'BBEY-LUBBER. . A flothful loiterer in a religious house, under pretence of retireDryd. A'BBOT. f. [in the lower Latin abbas.] The ment. chief of a convent of men. To ABBREVIATE. v. a. (abbreviare, Lat.] I. To fhorten by contraction of parts without lofs of the main fubftance. Bacon. 2. To fhorten, to cut short, Brown. ABBREVIATION. f. 1. The act of abbreviating. 2. The means used to abbreviate, as characters fignifying whole words. Swift. ABBREVIATOR. f. One who abridges. ABBREVIATURE. f. [abbreviatura, Lat.] 1. A mark used for the fake of fhortening. 2. A compendium or abridgment. Taylor. ABBREUVOIR. [in French, a wateringplace. Among mafons, the joint or juncture of two ftones. A, B, C, pronounced abece. 1. The alphabet. 2. The little book by which the elements of reading are taught. To A'BDICATE. v. a. [abdico, Lat.] To give up right; to refign. Addifon. ABDICA'TION. J. [abdicatio, Lat.] The act of abdicating; refignation. · A'BDICATIVE. a. That which causes or implies an abdication. ABDO'MEN. J. [Lat, from abdo, to hide.] A cavity commonly called the lower venter or belly: It contains the ftomach, guts, liver, fpleen, bladder, and is within lined with a membrane called the peritonæum. ABDO'MINAL.. Relating to the ABDO'MINOUS. S abdomen. To ABDU'CE, v. a. [abduco, Lat.] To draw to a different part; to withdraw one part from another. Brown. ABDU'CENT. a. Mufcles abducent ferve to open or pull back divers parts of the body. ABDUCTOR. f. [Lat. ] The muscle which draws back the feveral members. To ABERU'NCATE. v. a, [averunco, Lat.] To pull up by the roots. To ABE'T. v. a. [from beean, Sax.] To push forward another, to fupport him in his defigns by connivance, encouragement, or help. Fairy 2. ABE'TMENT. f. The act of abetting. ABE'TTER, or ABE'TTOR. f. He that abets; the fupporter or encourager of another. Dryden. ABEYANCE. . The right of fee fimple lieth in abeyance, when it is all only in the remembrance, intendment, and confideration of the law. Compel. To ABHO'R. v. a. [abborreo, Lat.] Το hate with acrimony; to loath. Milton. ABHO'RRENCE. f. [from abbor.] The ABHO'RRENCY. S act of abhorring, deteflation. Locke, South. ABHORRENT. a. [from abbor.] 1. Struck with abhorrence. 2. Contrary to, foreign, inconfiflent with. Dryden. ABHO'RRER. f. [from abbor.] A hater, detefter. Swift. To ABI'DE. v. x. I abode or abid. [from aubidian, Sax.] 1. To dwell in a place, not to remove. Gen. 2. To dwell. Shakespeare. 3. To remain, not ceafe or fail, Pfalms. 4. To continue in the fame ftate. Stillingfl. 5. To wait for, expect, attend, await. Meannefs Hooker. In an ab ABJECTION.. [from abject.] of mind; fervility; balenefs. ABJECTLY. ad. [from abject.] ject manner, meanly. ABJECTNESS. f. [from abje.] Servility, Grew, meanness. ABILITY. f. [babilité, Fr.] 1. The power to do any thing, whether depending upon skill, or riches, or ftrength, Sidney. 2. Capacity, qualification, power, Dan. 3. When it has the plural number, abilites, it frequently fignifies the faculties or Rogers. powers of the mind. ABINTE STATE. a. [of ab, from, and isteffatus, Lat.] A term of law, implying him that inherits from a man, who though he had the power to make a will, yet did not make it. Hale. To ABJU'RE. v. a. [abjuro, Lat.] 1. To fwear not to do fomething. 2. To retract, or recant, or abnegate a pofition upon oath. ABJURATION. f. [from abjure.] The act of abjuring; the oath taken for that end. To ABLA'CTATE. v. a. [ablatto, Lat.] To wean from the breast. ABLACTA'TION. f. One of the methods of grafting. ABLAQUEA'TION. f. [ablaqueatio, Lat.] The practice of opening the ground about the roots of trees. Evelyn. ABLATION. S. [ablatio, Lat.] The act of taking away. A'BLATIVE. [ablativus, Lat.] 1. That which takes away. 2. The fixth cafe of the Latin nouns. A'BLE. a. [babile, Fr. babilis, Lat.] 1. Having frong faculties, or great ftrength South, To A'BLE. v. a. To make able; to enable. Shakespeare. To A ABLE-BODIED. ad. Strong of body. To AʼBLEGATE. v. a. [ablego, Lat.] fend abroad upon fome employment. ABLEGA'TION. f. [from ablegate.] fending abroad. A'BLENESS. f. [from able.] Ability of body, vigour, force. Sidney. A'BLEPSY. f. ['A€hefía, Gr. ] Want of fight. A'BLUENT. a. [abluens, Lat.] That which has the power of cleaning. ABLU'TION. f. [ablutio, Lat.] 1. The act of cleanfing. 2. The rinfing of chemical preparations in water. 3. The cup given without confecration, to the laity in the popish churches. To A'BNEGATE. v. a. [from abnego, Lat.] To deny. ABNEGA'TION. S. [abnegatio, Lat.] Denial, renunciation. Hammond. ABOʻARD. a. [from the French à bord, as aller à bord, envoyer à bord.] In a ship. Raleigh. ABO'DE. f. [from abide.] 1. Habitation, dwelling, place of refidence. Waller. 2. Stay, continuance in a place. Shakep. 3. To make abode; to dwell, to refide, to inhabit. Dryden. To A BO'DE. v. a. [Sec BODE.] To foretoken or forefhow; to be a prognoftic; to be ominous. Shakespeare. ABO'DEMENT. f. [from to abode.] A fecret anticipation of fomething future. Shakesp. To ABO'LISH. v. a. [from aboleo, Lat.] 1. To annul. Hooker. 2. To put an end to; to destroy. Hayw. ABO'LISHABLE. a. [from abolish.] That which may be abolished. ABO'LISHER. f. [from abolish.] He that abolishes. Hooker. The act ABO'LISHMENT. J. [from abolish.] The act of abolishing. ABOLITION. f. [from abolish.] of abolishing. ABO'MINABLE. a. [abominabilis, Latin.] 1. Hateful, deteftable. 2. Unclean. Grew. Swift. Leviticus. 2 Kings. 4. The caufe of pollution. ABORIGINES. f. [Lat.] The earlieft inhabitants of a country; thofe of whom no original is to be traced; as the Welsh in Britain. ABORTION. J. [abortio, Latin.] 1. The act of bringing forth untimely. 2. The produce of an untimely birth. Arbuthnot. ABOʻRTIVE. S. That which is born before the due time. Peacham. ABOʻRTIVE. a. [abortivus, Latin.] 1. Brought forth before the due time of birth. Shakespeare. 2. Figuratively, that which fails for want of time. South. ABOʻRTIVELY. ad. [from abortive.] Born without the due time; immaturely, untimely. ABOʻRTIVENESS. f. [from abortive.] The ftate of abortion. ABOʻRTMENT. f. [from aborto, Lat.] The thing brought forth out of time; an untimely birth. Bacon. ABOVE. prep. [from a, and bugan, Saxon; boven, Dutch.J 1. Higher in place. 2. More in quantity or number. 3. Higher in rank, power or excellence. Dryden. Exod. Pfalms. 4. Superior to; unattainable by. Swift. 5. Beyond; more than. Locke. 6. Too proud for; too high for. Pope. it. Some of these phrafes feem to derive A. Bp. for Archbishop. To ABRA'DE. v. q. [abrado, Latin.] To ABRAHAM's BALM. An herb. 1. The act of abrading; the rubbing off. ABREAST. ad. [See BREAST.] Side by Dryden. James. 2. From heaven. ABOVE ALL. In the firft place; chiefly. Dryden, ABOVE BOARD. In open fight; without artifice or trick. L'Eftrange. ABOVE-CITED. Cited before. Addifon. ABOVE-GROUND. An expreffion used to fignify, that a man is alive; not in the grave. ABOVE-MENTIONED. See ABOVE-C1 TED. To ABOUND. v. n. [abundo, Lat. abonder, 1. To have in great plenty. 4. Engaged in, employed upon. Taylor. 5. Appendant to the perfon; as, cloaths, &c. 6. Relating to the perfon, as a fervant. 1. To make fhorter in words, keeping ftill Locke. 3. To deprive of. Shakespeare. ABRIDGED OF. p. Deprived of, debarred from. An ABRIDGER. S. [from abridge.] ABSCONDER. f. [from abfcond.] The perfon that abfconds. A'BSENCE. J. [See ABSENT.] 1. The ftate of being abfent, opposed to prefence. Shakespeare. 2. Want of appearance, in the legal fenfe. Addifon. 3. Inattention, heedleffness, neglect of the prefent object. Addison. ABSENT. a. [abfens, Latin.] 1. Not prefent; ufed with the particle from. Pope. 2. Abfent in mind, inattentive. Addijon. To ABSENT. v. 4. To withdraw, to forbear to come into prefence. Shakespeare. ABSENTEE. S. A word ufed commonly with regard to Irishmen living out of their country. Davies. ABSINTHIATED. p. [from abfinthium, To ABSOLVE. v. a. [abfolvo, Latin.] 3. To pronounce a fin remitted, in the ecclefiaftical fenfe. 4. To finish, to complete. A'BSOLUTE. a. [abfolutus, Lat.] Hale. 1. Complete; applied as well to perfons as things. Hooker. 2. Unconditional; as, an abfolute promife. South. A'BSONANT. a. Contrary to reafon. A'BSONOUS. a. [abfonus, Latin.] Abfurd, contrary to reafon. To ABSORB. v. a. [abforben, Lat. preter. abforbed; part. pret. abforbed, or abforpt.] 1. To fwallow up. Phillips. 2. To fuck up. Harvey. ABSORBENT. f. [abforbens, Lat.] A medicine that, by the foftnefs or porofity of its parts, either eases the afperities of pungent humours, or draws away fuperfluous moisture in the body. Quincy. ABSOʻRPT. p. [from abfurb.] Swallowed up. Pope. ABSORPTION. S. [from absorb.] The act of fwallowing up. Burnet. To ABSTAʼIN, v. n. [abftineo, Lat.] To forbear, to deny one's felf any gratification. ABSTE'MIOUS. a. [abfiemius, Lat.] Temperate, fober, abftinent. ABSTE'MIOUSLY. ad. [from abftemicus.] Temperately, foberly, without indulgence. ABSTE'MIOUSNESS. f. [See ABSTEMI ous. The quality of being abftemious. ABSTENTION. S. [ from abftineo, Latin.] The act of holding off. To ABSTERGE. v. a. [abflergo, Lat.] To cleanfe by wiping. ABSTERGENT. a. Cleanfing; having a cleanfing quality. Brown. To ABSTE'RSE. [See ABSTERGE.] To cleanfe, to purify. ABSTEʼRSION. f. [abfterfio, Lat.] The act of cleaning. ABSTERSIVE. a. [from abfterge.] That has the quality of abfterging or cleanfing. Bacon. ufes abftinence. To ABSTRACT. v. a. (abftraho, Lat.] 1. To take one thing from another. Decay. 2. To feparate ideas. Locke. Watts. 3. To reduce to an epitome. ABSTRACT. a. [abstractus, Lat.] Separated from fomething elfe, generally used with relation to mental perceptions; as, abfract mathematics. Wilkins. A'BSTRACT. |