Webster's Dictionary 1828

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ABSOLVATORY

ABSOLV'ATORY, adjective [from absolve.] Containing absolution, pardon, or release; having power to absolve.

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ABSOLVE

ABSOLVE', verb transitive abzolv', [Latin absolvo, from ab and solvo, to loose or release; to absolve to finish; Heb. to loose or loosen. See Solve.]To set free or release from ...

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ABSOLVED

ABSOLV'ED, participle passive Released; acquitted; remitted; declared innocent.

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ABSOLVER

ABSOLV'ER, noun One who absolves; also one that pronounces sin to be remit.

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ABSOLVING

ABSOLV'ING, participle present tense Setting free from a debt, or charge; acquitting; remitting.

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ABSONANT

AB'SONANT, adjective [See absonous.] Wide from the purpose; contrary to reason.

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ABSONOUS

AB'SONOUS, adjective [Latin absonus; ab and sonus, sound.] Unmusical or untunable

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ABSORB

ABSORB', verb transitive [Latin absorbeo, ab and sorbeo, to drink in; to draw or drink in; whence sirup, sherbet, shrub.]1. To drink in; to suck up; to imbibe; as a spunge, or a...

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ABSORBABILITY

ABSORBABIL'ITY, noun a state or quality of being absorbable.

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ABSORBABLE

ABSORB'ABLE, adjective That may be imbibed or swallowed.

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ABSORBED

ABSORB'ED, or ABSORPT', participle passive Imbibed; swallowed; wasted; engaged; lost in study; wholly engrossed.

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ABSORBENT

ABSORB'ENT, adjective Imbibing; swallowing.ABSORB'ENT, noun In anatomy, a vessel which imbibes, as the lacteals, lymphatics, and inhaling arteries. In medicine, a testaceous pow...

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ABSORBING

ABSORB'ING, participle present tense Imbibing; engrossing; wasting.

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ABSORPT

ABSORB'ED, or ABSORPT', participle passive Imbibed; swallowed; wasted; engaged; lost in study; wholly engrossed.

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ABSORPTION

ABSORP'TION, noun1. The act or process of imbibing or swallowing; either by water which overwhelms, or by substances, which drink in and retain liquids; as the absorption of a b...

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ABSORPTIVE

ABSORP'TIVE, adjective Having power to imbibe.

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ABSTAIN

ABSTA'IN, verb intransitive [Latin abstineo, to keep from; abs and teneo, to hold. See Tenant.]In a general sense, to forbear, or refrain from, voluntarily; but used chiefly to ...

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ABSTEMIOUS

ABSTE'MIOUS, adjective [Latin abstemium, from abs and temetum, an ancient name of strong wine, according to Fabius and Gellius. But Vossius supposes it to be from abstineo, by a...

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ABSTEMIOUSLY

ABSTE'MIOUSLY, adverb Temperately; with a sparing use of meat or drink.

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ABSTEMIOUSNESS

ABSTE'MIOUSNESS, noun The quality of being temperate or sparing in the use of food and strong drinks.This word expresses a greater degree of abstinence than temperance.

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ABSTERGE

ABSTERGE', verb transitive abstery'. [Latin abstergeo, of abs and tergeo, to wipe. Tergeo may have a common origin with the Sw. torcka, G. trocknen, D. droogen, Sax. drygan, to ...

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ABSTERGENT

ABSTERG'ENT, adjective Wiping; cleansing.ABSTERG'ENT, noun a medicine which frees the body from obstructions, as soap; but the use of the word is nearly superseded by detergent,...

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ABSTERSION

ABSTER'SION, noun [from Latin abstergeo, abstersus.] The act of wiping clean; or a cleansing by medicines which resolve obstructions. [See Deterge, Detersion.]

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ABSTERSIVE

ABSTER'SIVE, adjective Cleansing; having the quality of removing obstructions. [See Detersive.]

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ABSTINENCE

AB'STINENCE, noun [Latin abstinentia. See Abstain.]1. In general, the act or practice of voluntarily refraining from, or forbearing any action. 'Abstinence from every thing whic...

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ABSTINENT

AB'STINENT, adjective Refraining from indulgence, especially in the use of food and drink.

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ABSTINENTLY

AB'STINENTLY, adverb With abstinence.