ABODEMENT
ABO'DEMENT, noun [from body.] A secret anticipation of something future.
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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ABO'DEMENT, noun [from body.] A secret anticipation of something future.
ABO'DING, noun Presentiment; prognostication.
ABOL'ISH, verb transitive [Latin abolco; from ab and oleo, olesco, to grow.]1. To make void; to annul; to abrogate; applied chiefly and appropriately to established laws, contra...
ABOL'ISHABLE, adjective That may be annulled, abrogated, or destroyed, as a law, rite, custom, etc.
ABOL'ISHED, participle passive annulled; repealed; abrogated, or destroyed.
ABOL'ISHER, noun One who abolishes.
ABOL'ISHING, participle present tense Making void; annulling; destroying.
ABOL'ISHMENT, noun The act of annulling; abrogation; destruction.
ABOLI'TION, noun abolishun. The act of abolishing; or the state of being abolished; an annulling; abrogation; utter destruction; as the abolition of laws, decrees, ordinances, r...
ABOM'INABLE, adjective [See Abominate.]1. Very hateful; detestable; lothesome.2. This word is applicable to whatever is odious to the mind or offensive to the senses.3. Unclean....
ABOM'INABLENESS, noun The quality or state of being very odious; hatefulness.
ABOM'INABLY, adverb1. Very odiously; detestably; sinfully. 1 Kings 21:26.2. In vulgar language, extremely, excessively.
ABOM'INATE, verb transitive [Latin abomino, supposed to be formed by ab and omen; to deprecate as ominous; may the Gods avert the evil.]To hate extremely; to abhor; to detest
ABOM'INATED, participle passive Hated utterly, detested; abhorred.
ABOM'INATING, participle present tense Abhorring; hating extremely.
ABOMINA'TION, noun1. Extreme hatred; detestation.2. The object of detestation, a common signification in scripture.The way of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord. Proverbs ...
ABO'RD, noun [Fr. See Border.] Literally, arrival, but used for first appearance, manner of accosting, or address, but not an English word.ABO'RD, verb transitive To accost. [No...
ABO'REA, noun A species of duck, called by Edwards, the black-bellied whistling duck. This fowl is of a reddish brown color, with a sort of crest on its head; the belly is spott...
ABORIG'INAL, adjective [Latin ab and origo, origin. See Origin.]First; original; primitive; aboriginal people are the first inhabitants of a country.Aboriginal tribes of America...
ABORIN'INES, noun plur. Aboriginals - but not an English word.It may be well to let it pass into disuse. [See Aboriginal.]
ABORSEMENT, noun abors'ment. [See Abort.]Abortion. [Not in use.]
ABORT', verb intransitive [Latin aborto; ab and ortus, orior.]To miscarry in birth. [Not in use.]ABORT', noun an abortion. [Not in use.]
ABOR'TION, noun [Latin abortio, a miscarriage; usually deduced from ab and orior.]1. The act of miscarrying, or producing young before the natural time, or before the fetus is p...
ABOR'TIVE, adjective1. Brought forth in an immature state; failing, or coming to naught, before it is complete.2. Failing in its effect; miscarrying; producing nothing; as an ab...
ABOR'TIVELY, adverb Immaturely; in an untimely manner.
ABOR'TIVENESS, noun The state of being abortive; a failing in the progress to perfection or maturity; a failure of producing the intended effect.
ABORT'MENT, noun An untimely birth.