Webster's Dictionary 1828

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ABROOK

ABROOK', verb transitive To brook, to endure. [Not in use. See Brook.]

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ABROTANUM

ABRO'TANUM, noun A species of plant arranged under the Genus, Artemisia; called also southern wood.

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ABRUPT

ABRUPT', adjective [Latin abruptus, from abrumpo, to break off, of ab and rumpo. See Rupture.]1. Literally, broken off, or broken short.Hence,2. Steep, craggy; applied to rocks,...

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ABRUPTION

ABRUP'TION, noun A sudden breaking off; a violent separation of bodies.

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ABRUPTLY

ABRUPT'LY, adverb suddenly; without giving notice, or without the usual forms; as, the Minister left France abruptly

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ABRUPTNESS

ABRUPT'NESS, noun1. A state of being broken; craggedness; steepness.2. Figuratively, suddenness; unceremonious haste or vehemence.

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ABSCESS

AB'SCESS, noun [Latin abscessus, from ab and cedo, to go from.]An imposthume. A collection of morbid matter, or pus in the cellular or adipose membrane; matter generated by the ...

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ABSCIND

ABSCIND', verb transitive [Latin abscindo.] To cut off. [Little used.]

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ABSCISS

AB'SCISS, noun [Latin abscissus, from ab and scindere, to cut; See Scissors.]In conics, a part of the diameter, or transverse axis of a conic section, intercepted between the ve...

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ABSCISSION

ABSCIS'SION, noun [See Absciss.]1. A cutting off, or a begin cut off. In surgery, the separation of any corrupted or useless part of the body, by a sharp instrument; applied to ...

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ABSCOND

ABSCOND', verb intransitive [Latin abscondo, to hide, of abs and condo, to hide, i.e. to withdraw, or to thrust aside or into a corner or secret place.]1. To retire from public ...

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ABSCONDER

ABSCOND'ER, noun One who withdraws from public notice, or conceals himself from public view.

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ABSCONDING

ABSCOND'ING, participle present tense Withdrawing privately from public view; as, an absconding debtor, who confines himself to his apartments, or absents himself to avoid the m...

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ABSENCE

AB'SENCE, noun [Latin absens, from absum, abesse, to be away; ab and sum.]1. A state of being at a distance in place, or not in company. It is used to denote any distance indefi...

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ABSENT

AB'SENT, adjective1. Not present; not in company; at such a distance as to prevent communication. It is used also for being in a foreign country.A gentleman is absent on his tra...

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ABSENTEE

ABSENTEE', noun One who withdraws from his country, office or estate; one who removed to a distant place or to another counter.

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ABSENTER

ABSENT'ER, noun One who absents himself.

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ABSENTMENT

ABSENT'MENT, noun A state of being absent.

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ABSINTHIAN

ABSINTH'IAN, adjective [from absinthium.] Of the nature of wormwood.

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ABSINTHIATED

ABSINTH'IATED, adjective Impregnated with wormwood.

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ABSINTHIUM

ABSINTH'IUM, noun Budaeus in his commentaries on Theophrast, supposes the word composed of a priv. delight, so named from its bitterness. But it may be an Oriental word.The comm...

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ABSIS

AB'SIS, In astronomy. [See Apsis.]

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ABSOLUTE

AB'SOLUTE, adjective [Latin absolutus. See Absolve.]1. Literally, in a general sense, free, independent of any thing extraneous. Hence,2. Complete in itself; positive; as an abs...

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ABSOLUTELY

AB'SOLUTELY, adverb1. Completely, wholly, as a thing is absolutely unintelligible.2. Without dependence or relation; in a state unconnectedAbsolutely we cannot discommend, we ca...

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ABSOLUTENESS

AB'SOLUTENESS, noun Independence, completeness in itself.2. Despotic authority, or that which is subject to no extraneous restriction, or control.

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ABSOLUTION

ABSOLU'TION, noun In the civil law, an acquittal or sentence of a judge declaring an accused person innocent. In the canon law, a remission of sins pronounced by a priest in fav...

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ABSOLUTORY

AB'SOLUTORY, adjective Absolving; that absolves.