Chapter 5

AÏblaze¶ (#), adv. & a. [Pref. aÏ + 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 desire. The young Cambridge democrats were all ablaze to assist Torrijos. Carlyle. 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.] 1. Fit; adapted; suitable. [Obs.] A many man, to ben an abbot able. Chaucer. 2. Having sufficient power, strength, force, skill, means, or resources of any kind to accomplish the object; possessed of qualifications rendering competent for some end; competent; qualified; capable; as, an able workman, soldier, seaman, a man able to work; a mind able to reason; a person able to be generous; able to endure pain; able to play on a piano. 3. Specially: Having intellectual qualifications, or strong mental powers; showing ability or skill; talented; clever; powerful; as, the ablest man in the senate; an able speech. No man wrote abler state papers. Macaulay. 4. (Law) Legally qualified; possessed of legal competence; as, able to inherit or devise property. Able for, is Scotticism. ½Hardly able for such a march.¸ Robertson. Syn. Ð Competent; qualified; fitted; efficient; effective; capable; skillful; clever; vigorous; powerful. A¶ble, v. t. [See Able, a.] [Obs.] 1. To make able; to enable; to strengthen. Chaucer. 2. To vouch for. ½I 'll able them.¸ Shak. ÏaÏble (#). [F. Ïable, L. Ïabilis.] An adjective suffix now usually in a passive sense; able to be; fit to be; expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense; as, movable, able to be moved; amendable, able to be amended; blamable, fit to be blamed; salable. The form Ïible is used in the same sense. µ It is difficult to say when we are not to use Ïable instead of Ïible. ½Yet a rule may be laid down as to when we are to use it. To all verbs, then, from the AngloÐSaxon, to all based on the uncorrupted infinitival stems of Latin verbs of the first conjugation, and to all substantives, whencesoever sprung, we annex Ïable only.¸ Fitzed. Hall. A·bleÐbod¶ied (#), a. Having a sound, strong body; physically competent; robust. ½AbleÐbodied vagrant.¸ Froude. Ð A·bleÐbod¶iedÏness, n. Ab¶leÏgate (#), v. t. [L. ablegatus, p. p. of ablegare; ab + legare to send with a commission. See Legate.] To send abroad. [Obs.] Bailey. Ab¶leÏgate (#), 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 his insignia of office. Ab·leÏga¶tion (#), n. [L. ablegatio.] The act of sending abroad. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor. A·bleÐmind¶ed (#), a. Having much intellectual power. Ð A·bleÐmind¶edÏness, n. A¶bleÏness (#), n. Ability of body or mind; force; vigor. [Obs. or R.] Ab¶lepÏsy (#), n. [Gr. ?; ? priv. + ? to see.] Blindness. [R.] Urquhart. A¶bler (#), a., comp. of Able. Ð A¶blest (#), a., superl. of Able. Ab¶let (#), Ab¶len ] [F. ablet, ablette, a dim. fr. LL. abula, for albula, dim. of albus white. Cf. Abele.] (Zo”l.) A small freshÐwater fish (Leuciscus alburnus); the bleak. Ab¶liÏgate (#), v. t. [L. ab + ligatus, p. p. of ligare to tie.] To tie up so as to hinder from. [Obs.] AbÏlig·uÏri¶tion (?), n. [L. abligurito, fr. abligurire to spend in luxurious indulgence; ab + ligurire to be lickerish, dainty, fr. lingere to lick.] Prodigal expense for food. [Obs.] Bailey. A¶blins (#), adv. [See Able.] Perhaps. [Scot.] AÏbloom¶ (#), adv. [Pref. aÏ + bloom.] In or into bloom; in a blooming state. Masson. AbÏlude¶ (#), v. t. [L. abludere; ab + ludere to play.] To be unlike; to differ. [Obs.] Bp. Hall. Ab¶luÏent (#), a. [L. abluens, p. pr. of. abluere to wash away; ab + luere (lavere, lavare). See Lave.] Washing away; carrying off impurities; detergent. Ð n. (Med.) A detergent. AÏblush¶ (#), adv. & a. [Pref. aÏ + blush.] Blushing; ruddy. AbÏlu·tion (#), n. [L. ablutio, fr. abluere: cf. F. ablution. See Abluent.] 1. The act of washing or cleansing; specifically, the washing of the body, or some part of it, as a religious rite. 2. The water used in cleansing. ½Cast the ablutions in the main.¸ Pope. 3. (R. C. Ch.) A small quantity of wine and water, which is used to wash the priest's thumb and index finger after the communion, and which then, as perhaps containing portions of the consecrated elements, is drunk by the priest. AbÏlu¶tionÏaÏry (#), a. Pertaining to ablution. AbÏlu¶viÏon (#), n. [LL. abluvio. See Abluent.] That which is washed off. [R.] Dwight. A¶bly (#), adv. In an able manner; with great ability; as, ably done, planned, said. ÏaÏbly (#). A suffix composed of Ïable and the adverbial suffix Ïly; as, favorably. Ab¶neÏgate (#), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Abnegated; p. pr. & vb. n. Abnegating.] [L. abnegatus,p. p. of abnegare; ab + negare to deny. See Deny.] To deny and reject; to abjure. Sir E. Sandys. Farrar. Ab·neÏga¶tion (#), n. [L. abnegatio: cf. F. abn‚gation.] a denial; a renunciation. With abnegation of God, of his honor, and of religion, they may retain the friendship of the court. Knox. Ab¶neÏgaÏtive (#), a. [L. abnegativus.] Denying; renouncing; negative. [R.] Clarke. Ab¶neÐga·tor (#), n. [L.] One who abnegates, denies, or rejects anything. [R.] Ø Ab¶net (#), n. [Heb.] The girdle of a Jewish priest or officer. Ab¶noÏdate (#), v. t. [L. abnodatus, p. p. of abnodare; ab + nodus knot.] To clear (tress) from knots. [R.] Blount. Ab·noÏda¶tion (#), n. The act of cutting away the knots of trees. [R.] Crabb. AbÏnor¶mal (#), a. [For earlier anormal.F. anormal, LL. anormalus for anomalus, Gr. ?. Confused with L. abnormis. See Anomalous, Abnormous, Anormal.] Not conformed to rule or system; deviating from the type; anomalous; irregular. ½That deviating from the type; anomalous; irregular. ¸ Froude. Ab·norÏmal¶iÏty (#), n.; pl. Abnormalities (#). 1. The state or quality of being abnormal; variation; irregularity. Darwin. 2. Something abnormal. AbÏnor¶malÏly (#), adv. In an abnormal manner; irregularly. Darwin. AbÏnor¶miÏty (#), n.; pl. Abnormities (#). [LL. abnormitas. See Abnormous.] Departure from the ordinary type; irregularity; monstrosity. ½An abnormity... like a calf born with two heads.¸ Mrs. Whitney. AbÏnor¶mous (#), a. [L. abnormis; ab + norma rule. See Normal.] Abnormal; irregular. Hallam. A character of a more abnormous cast than his equally suspected coadjutor. State Trials. AÏboard¶ (#), adv. [Pref. aÏ on, in + board.] . On board; into or within a ship or boat; hence, into or within a railway car. 2. Alongside; as, close aboard. Naut.: To fall aboard of, to strike a ship's side; to fall foul of. Ð To haul the tacks aboard, to set the courses. Ð To keep the land aboard, to hug the shore. Ð To lay (a ship) aboard, to place one's own ship close alongside of (a ship) for fighting. AÏboard¶, prep. 1. On board of; as, to go aboard a ship. 2.Across; athwart. [Obs.] Nor iron bands aboard The Pontic Sea by their huge navy cast. Spenser. AÏbod¶ance (#), n. [See Bode.] An omen; a portending. [Obs.] AÏbode¶ (#), pret. of Abide. AÏbode¶, n. [OE. abad, abood, fr. abiden to abide. See Abide. For the change of vowel, cf. abode, imp. of abide.] 1. Act of waiting; delay. [Obs.] Shak. And with her fled away without abode. Spenser. 2. Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn. He waxeth at your abode here. Fielding. 3. Place of continuance, or where one dwells; abiding place; residence; a dwelling; a habitation. Come, let me lead you to our poor abode. Wordsworth. AÏbode¶, n. [See Bode, v. t.] An omen. [Obs.] HighÐthundering Juno's husband stirs my spirit with true abodes. Chapman. AÏbode¶, v. t. To bode; to foreshow. [Obs.] Shak. AÏbode¶, v. i. To be ominous. [Obs.] Dryden. AÏbode¶ment (#), n. A foreboding; an omen. [Obs.] ½Abodements must not now affright us.¸ Shak. AÏbod¶ing (#), n. A foreboding. [Obs.] AÏbol¶ish (#), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Abolished (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Abolishing.] [F. abolir, L. abolere, aboletum; ab + olere to grow. Cf. Finish.] 1. To do away with wholly; to annul; to make void; Ð said of laws, customs, institutions, governments, etc.; as, to abolish slavery, to abolish folly. 2. To put an end to, or destroy, as a physical objects; to wipe out. [Archaic] And with thy blood abolish so reproachful blot. Spenser. His quick instinctive hand Caught at the hilt, as to abolish him. Tennyson. Syn. Ð To Abolish, Repeal, Abrogate, Revoke, Annul, Nullify, Cancel. These words have in common the idea of setting aside by some overruling act. Abolish applies particularly to things of a permanent nature, such as institutions, usages, customs, etc.; as, to abolish monopolies, serfdom, slavery. Repeal describes the act by which the legislature of a state sets aside a law which it had previously enacted. Abrogate was originally applied to the repeal of a law by the Roman people; and hence, when the power of making laws was usurped by the emperors, the term was applied to their act of setting aside the laws. Thus it came to express that act by which a sovereign or an executive government sets aside laws, ordinances, regulations, treaties, conventions, etc. Revoke denotes the act or recalling some previous grant which conferred, privilege, etc.; as, to revoke a decree, to revoke a power of attorney, a promise, etc. Thus, also, we speak of the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. Annul is used in a more general sense, denoting simply to make void; as, to annul a contract, to annul an agreement. Nullify is an old word revived in this country, and applied to the setting of things aside either by force or by total disregard; as, to nullify an act of Congress. Cancel is to strike out or annul, by a deliberate exercise of power, something which has operative force. AÏbol¶ishÏaÏble (#), a. [Cf. F. abolissable.] Capable of being abolished. AÏbol¶ishÏer (#), n. One who abolishes. AÏbol¶ishÏment (#), n. [Cf. F. abolissement.] The act of abolishing; abolition; destruction. Hooker. Ab¶oÏli¶tion (#), n. [L. abolitio, fr. abolere: cf. F. abolition. See Abolish.] The act of abolishing, or the state of being abolished; an annulling; abrogation; utter destruction; as, the abolition of slavery or the slave trade; the abolition of laws, decrees, ordinances, customs, taxes, debts, etc. µ The application of this word to persons is now unusual or obsolete Ab·oÏli¶tionÏism (#), n. The principles or measures of abolitionists. Wilberforce. Ab·oÏli¶tionÏist, n. A person who favors the abolition of any institution, especially negro slavery. Ab·oÏli·tionÏize (#), v. t. To imbue with the principles of abolitionism. [R.] Bartlett. Ø AÏbo¶ma (#), n. (Zo”l.) A large South American serpent (Boa aboma). Ø Ab·oÏma¶sum (#), Ø Ab·oÏma¶sus (#), } n. [NL., fr. L. ab + omasum (a Celtic word.) (Anat.) The fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant, which leads from the third stomach omasum. See Ruminantia. AÏboom¶iÏnaÏble (#), a. [F. abominable. L. abominalis. See Abominate.] 1. Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable. 2. Excessive; large; Ð used as an intensive. [Obs.] µ Juliana Berners... informs us that in her time [15th c.], ½a bomynable syght of monkes¸ was elegant English for ½a large company of friars.¸ G. P. Marsh. AÏbom¶iÏnaÏbleÏness, n. The quality or state of being abominable; odiousness. Bentley. AÏbom¶iÏnaÏbly (#), adv. In an abominable manner; very odiously; detestably. AÏbom¶iÏnate (#), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Abominated; p. pr. & vb. n. Abominating.] [L. abominatus, p. p. or abominari to deprecate as ominous, to abhor, to curse; ab + omen a foreboding. See Omen.] To turn from as illÐomened; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread; loathe; as, to abominate all impiety. Syn. Ð To hate; abhor; loathe; detest. See Hate. AÏbom·iÏna¶tion (#), n. [OE. abominacioun, Ïcion, F. abominatio. See Abominate.] 1. The feeling of extreme disgust and hatred; abhorrence; detestation; loathing; as, he holds tobacco in abomination. 2. That which is abominable; anything hateful, wicked, or shamefully vile; an object or state that excites disgust and hatred; a hateful or shameful vice; pollution. Antony, most large in his abominations. Shak. 3. A cause of pollution or wickedness. Syn. Ð Detestation; loathing; abhorrence; disgust; aversion; loathsomeness; odiousness. AÏbom¶iÏna·tor (#), n. One who abominates. Sir W. Scott. AÏboon¶ (#), prep. and adv. Above. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] Aboon the pass of BallyÐBrough. Sir W. Scott. The ceiling fair that rose aboon. J. R. Drake. AbÏo¶ral (#), a. [L. ab. + E. oral.] (Zo”l.) Situated opposite to, or away from, the mouth. Ø AÏbord¶ (#), n. [F.] Manner of approaching or accosting; address. Chesterfield. AÏbord¶ (#), v. t. [F. aborder, ? (L. ad) + bord rim, brim, or side of a vessel. See Border, Board.] To approach; to accost. [Obs.] Digby. Ab·oÏrig¶iÏnal (#), a. [See Aborigines.] 1. First; original; indigenous; primitive; native; as, the aboriginal tribes of America. ½Mantled o'er with aboriginal turf.¸ Wordsworth. 2. Of or pertaining to aborigines; as, a Hindoo of aboriginal blood. Ab·oÏrig¶iÏnal, n. 1. An original inhabitant of any land; one of the aborigines. 2. An animal or a plant native to the region. It may well be doubted whether this frog is an aboriginal of these islands. Darwin. Ab·oÏrig·iÏnal¶iÏty (#), n. The quality of being aboriginal. Westm. Rev. Ab·oÏrig¶iÏnalÏly (#), adv. Primarily. Ab·oÏrig¶iÏness (#), n. pl. [L. Aborigines; ab + origo, especially the first inhabitants of Latium, those who originally (ab origine) inhabited Latium or Italy. See Origin.] 1. The earliest known inhabitants of a country; native races. 2. The original fauna and flora of a geographical area AÏborse¶ment (#), n. Abortment; abortion. [Obs.] Bp. Hall. AÏbor¶sive (#), a. Abortive. [Obs.] Fuller. AÏbort¶ (#), v. i. [L. abortare, fr. abortus, p. p. of aboriri; ab + oriri to rise, to be born. See Orient.] 1. To miscarry; to bring forth young prematurely. 2. (Biol.) To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to become sterile. AÏbort¶, n. [L. abortus, fr. aboriri.] 1. An untimely birth. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton. 2. An aborted offspring. [Obs.] Holland. AÏbort¶ed, a. 1. Brought forth prematurely. 2. (Biol.) Rendered abortive or sterile; undeveloped; checked in normal development at a very early stage; as, spines are aborted branches. The eyes of the cirripeds are more or less aborted in their mature state. Owen.

AÏbor¶tiÏcide (#), n. [L. abortus + caedere to kill. See Abort.] (Med.) The act of destroying a fetus in the womb; feticide. AÏbor·tiÏfa¶cient (#), a. [L. abortus (see Abort, v.) + faciens, p. pr. of facere to make.] Producing miscarriage. Ð n. A drug or an agent that causes premature delivery. AÏbor¶tion (#), n. [L. abortio, fr. aboriri. See Abort.] 1. The act of giving premature birth; particularly, the expulsion of the human fetus prematurely, or before it is capable of sustaining life; miscarriage. µ Ii is sometimes used for the offense of procuring a premature delivery, but strictly the early delivery is the abortion, ½causing or procuring abortion¸ is the full name of the offense. Abbott.

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