Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Abjuratory

Ab‐ju″ra‐to‐ry (�), a. Containing abjuration.

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Abjure

Ab‐jure″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Abjured (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Abjuring (�).] [L. abjurare to deny upon oath; ab + jurare to swear, fr. jus, juris, right, law; cf. F. abjurer. See...

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Abjure (2)

Ab‐jure″, v. i. To renounce on oath. Bp. Burnet.

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Abjurement

Ab‐jure″ment (–ment), n. Renunciation.

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Abjurer

Ab‐jur″er (�), n. One who abjures.

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Ablactate

Ab‐lac″tate (�), v. t. [L. ablactatus, p. p. of ablactare; ab + lactare to suckle, fr. lac milk.] To wean. Bailey.

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Ablactation

Ab′lac‐ta″tion (�). n. 1. The weaning of a child from the breast, or of young beasts from their dam. Blount.2. (Hort.) The process of grafting now called inarching, or grafting ...

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Ablaqueate

Ab‐la″que‐ate (�), v. t. [L. ablaqueatus, p. p. of. ablaqueare; fr. ab + laqueus a noose.] To lay bare, as the roots of a tree. Bailey.

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Ablaqueation

Ab‐la′que‐a″tion (�), n. [L. ablaqueatio.] The act or process of laying bare the roots of trees to expose them to the air and water. Evelyn.

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Ablastemic

Ab′las‐tem″ic (�), a. [Gr. ἀ priv. + � growth.] (Biol.) Non-germinal.

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Ablation

Ab‐la″tion (�), n. [L. ablatio, fr. ablatus p. p. of auferre to carry away; ab + latus, p. p. of ferre carry: cf. F. ablation. See Tolerate.] 1. A carrying or taking away; remov...

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Ablatitious

Ab′la‐ti″tious (�), a. Diminishing; as, an ablatitious force. Sir J. Herschel.

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Ablative

Ab″la‐tive (�), a. [F. ablatif, ablative, L. ablativus fr. ablatus. See Ablation.] 1. Taking away or removing.Where the heart is forestalled with misopinion, ablative directions...

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Ablative (2)

Ab″la‐tive, (Gram.) The ablative case.ablative absolute, a construction in Latin, in which a noun in the ablative case has a participle (either expressed or implied), agreeing w...

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Ablaut

‖Ab″laut (�), n. [Ger., off-sound; ab off + laut sound.] (Philol.) The substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding modification of use or meaning...

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Ablaze

A‐blaze″ (�), adv. & a. [Pref. a- + blaze.] 1. On fire; in a blaze, gleaming. Milman.All ablaze with crimson and gold.Longfellow.2. In a state of glowing excitement or ardent de...

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Able

A″ble (�), a. [Comp.Abler (�); superl.Ablest (�).] [OF. habile, L. habilis that may be easily held or managed, apt, skillful, fr. habere to have, hold. Cf. Habile and see Habit....

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Able (2)

A″ble, v. t. [See Able, a.] 1. To make able; to enable; to strengthen. Chaucer.2. To vouch for. “I 'll able them.” Shak.

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Able-bodied

A′ble–bod″ied (�), a. Having a sound, strong body; physically competent; robust. “Able-bodied vagrant.” Froude. — A′ble–bod″ied‐ness, n..

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Able-minded

A′ble–mind″ed (#), a. Having much intellectual power. — A′ble–mind″ed‐ness, n.

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Ablegate

Ab″le‐gate (�), v. t. [L. ablegatus, p. p. of ablegare; ab + legare to send with a commission. See Legate.] To send abroad. Bailey.

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Ablegate (2)

Ab″le‐gate (�), n.(R. C. Ch.) A representative of the pope charged with important commissions in foreign countries, one of his duties being to bring to a newly named cardinal hi...

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Ablegation

Ab′le‐ga″tion (�), n. [L. ablegatio.] The act of sending abroad. Jer. Taylor.

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Ableness

A″ble‐ness (�), n. Ability of body or mind; force; vigor.

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Ablepsy

Ab″lep‐sy (�), n. [Gr. �; ἀ priv. + � to see.] Blindness. Urquhart.

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Abler

A″bler (�), a., comp. of Able. — A″blest (�), a., superl. of Able.

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Ablet

Ab″let (�), Ab″len [F. ablet, ablette, a dim. fr. LL. abula, for albula, dim. of albus white. Cf. Abele.] (Zoöl.) A small fresh-water fish (Leuciscus alburnus); the bleak.