APage 20
- English Word Abregge Definition See Abridge.
- English Word Abrenounce Definition To renounce.
- English Word Abrenunciation Definition Absolute renunciation or repudiation.
- English Word Abreption Definition A snatching away.
- English Word Abreuvoir Definition The joint or interstice between stones, to be filled with mortar.
- English Word Abricock Definition See Apricot.
- English Word Abridge Definition To make shorter; to shorten in duration; to lessen; to diminish; to curtail; as, to abridge labor; to abridge power or rights.
- English Word Abridge Definition To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense; as, to abridge a history or dictionary.
- English Word Abridge Definition To deprive; to cut off; -- followed by of, and formerly by from; as, to abridge one of his rights.
- English Word Abridged Definition of Abridge
- English Word Abridger Definition One who abridges.
- English Word Abridging Definition of Abridge
- English Word Abridgment Definition The act of abridging, or the state of being abridged; diminution; lessening; reduction or deprivation; as, an abridgment of pleasures or of expenses.
- English Word Abridgment Definition An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation.
- English Word Abridgment Definition That which abridges or cuts short; hence, an entertainment that makes the time pass quickly.
- English Word Abroach Definition To set abroach; to let out, as liquor; to broach; to tap.
- English Word Abroach Definition Broached; in a condition for letting out or yielding liquor, as a cask which is tapped.
- English Word Abroach Definition Hence: In a state to be diffused or propagated; afoot; astir.
- English Word Abroad Definition At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space; as, a tree spreads its branches abroad.
- English Word Abroad Definition Without a certain confine; outside the house; away from one's abode; as, to walk abroad.
- English Word Abroad Definition Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries; as, we have broils at home and enemies abroad.
- English Word Abroad Definition Before the public at large; throughout society or the world; here and there; widely.
- English Word Abrogable Definition Capable of being abrogated.
- English Word Abrogate Definition Abrogated; abolished.
- English Word Abrogate Definition To annul by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or his successor; to repeal; -- applied to the repeal of laws, decrees, ordinances, the abolition of customs, etc.
- English Word Abrogate Definition To put an end to; to do away with.
- English Word Abrogated Definition of Abrogate
- English Word Abrogating Definition of Abrogate
- English Word Abrogation Definition The act of abrogating; repeal by authority.
- English Word Abrogative Definition Tending or designed to abrogate; as, an abrogative law.