Webster's Dictionary 1828

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ABAS

ABAS', noun A weight in Persia used in weighing pearls, one eighth less than the European carat.

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ABASE

ABA'SE, verb transitive [Fr abaisser, from bas, low, or the bottom; W. bais; Latin and Gr. basis; Eng. base; It. Abbassare; Sp. bare, low. See Abash.]1. The literal sense of aba...

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ABASED

ABA'SED, participle passive Reduced to a low state, humbled, degraded.In heraldry, it is used of the wings of eagles, when the tops are turned downwards towards the point of the...

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ABASEMENT

ABA'SEMENT, noun The act of humbling or bringing low; also a state of depression, degradation, or humiliation.

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ABASH

ABASH', verb transitive [Heb. and Ch. bosh, to be confounded, or ashamed.]To make the spirits to fall; to cast down the countenance; to make ashamed; to confuse or confound, as ...

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ABASHED

ABASH'ED, participle passive Confused with shame; confounded; put to silence; followed by at.

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ABASHING

ABASH'ING, participle present tense Putting to shame or confusion.

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ABASHMENT

ABASH'MENT, noun Confusion from shame. [Little used.]

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ABASING

ABA'SING, participle present tense Humbling, depressing, bringing low.

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ABASSI

ABAS'SI, or ABAS'SIS, noun A silver coin of Persia, of the value of twenty cents, about ten pence sterling.

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ABASSIS

ABAS'SI, or ABAS'SIS, noun A silver coin of Persia, of the value of twenty cents, about ten pence sterling.

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ABATABLE

ABA'TABLE, adjective That may or can be abated; as an abatable writ or nuisance.

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ABATE

ABA'TE, verb transitive [Heb. Ch., to beat. The Saxon has the participle gebatod, abated. The prefix is sunk to a in abate and lost in beat. See Class Bd. No. 23, 33.]1. To beat...

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ABATED

ABA'TED, participle passive Lessened; decreased; destroyed; mitigated; defeated; remitted; overthrown.

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ABATEMENT

ABA'TEMENT, noun1. The act of abating; the state of being abated.2. A reduction, removing, or pulling down as of a nuisance.3. Diminution, decrease, or mitigation, as of grief o...

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ABATER

ABA'TER, noun The person or thing that abates.

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ABATING

ABA'TING, participle present tense Pulling down, diminishing, defeating, remitting.

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ABATIS

AB'ATIS,Rubbish. In fortification, piles of trees, or branches of trees sharpened, and laid with the points outward, in front of ramparts, to prevent assailants from mounting th...

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ABATOR

ABA'TOR, noun A person who enters into a freehold on the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee

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ABATTIS

AB'ATTIS, noun [from beating or pulling down.]

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ABATURE

AB'ATURE, noun [from abate.] Grass beaten or trampled down by a stag in passing.

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ABB

ABB, noun Among weavers, yarn for the warp. Hence abb-wool is wool for the abb

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ABBA

AB'BA, noun In the Chaldee and Syriac, a father, and figuratively a superior. appen.In the Syriac, Coptic and Ethiopic churches, it is a title given to the Bishops, and the Bish...

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ABBACY

AB'BACY, noun [from abba, Low Lat, abbatia.] The dignity, rights and privileges of an abbot. It comprehends the government and revenues.

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ABBATIAL

ABBA'TIAL, adjective Belonging to an abbey.

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ABBATICAL

ABBAT'ICAL, adjective Belonging to an abbey.

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ABBE

AB'BE, noun Ab'by, [from abba.]In a monastic sense, the same as an abbot; but more generally, a title, in Catholic countries, without any determinate rang, office or rights. The...