APage 28
- English Word Abstrusity Definition Abstruseness; that which is abstruse.
- English Word Absume Definition To consume gradually; to waste away.
- English Word Absumption Definition Act of wasting away; a consuming; extinction.
- English Word Absurd Definition Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and fiatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; as, an absurd person, an absurd opinion; an absurd dream.
- English Word Absurd Definition An absurdity.
- English Word Absurdities Definition of Absurdity
- English Word Absurdity Definition The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment.
- English Word Absurdity Definition That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction.
- English Word Absurdly Definition In an absurd manner.
- English Word Absurdness Definition Absurdity.
- English Word Abuna Definition The Patriarch, or head of the Abyssinian Church.
- English Word Abundance Definition An overflowing fullness; ample sufficiency; great plenty; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; wealth: -- strictly applicable to quantity only, but sometimes used of number.
- English Word Abundant Definition Fully sufficient; plentiful; in copious supply; -- followed by in, rarely by with.
- English Word Abundantly Definition In a sufficient degree; fully; amply; plentifully; in large measure.
- English Word Aburst Definition In a bursting condition.
- English Word Abusable Definition That may be abused.
- English Word Abusage Definition Abuse.
- English Word Abuse Definition To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to misuse; to put to a bad use; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert; as, to abuse inherited gold; to make an excessive use of; as, to abuse one's authority.
- English Word Abuse Definition To use ill; to maltreat; to act injuriously to; to punish or to tax excessively; to hurt; as, to abuse prisoners, to abuse one's powers, one's patience.
- English Word Abuse Definition To revile; to reproach coarsely; to disparage.
- English Word Abuse Definition To dishonor.
- English Word Abuse Definition To violate; to ravish.
- English Word Abuse Definition To deceive; to impose on.
- English Word Abuse Definition Improper treatment or use; application to a wrong or bad purpose; misuse; as, an abuse of our natural powers; an abuse of civil rights, or of privileges or advantages; an abuse of language.
- English Word Abuse Definition Physical ill treatment; injury.
- English Word Abuse Definition A corrupt practice or custom; offense; crime; fault; as, the abuses in the civil service.
- English Word Abuse Definition Vituperative words; coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; virulent condemnation; reviling.
- English Word Abuse Definition Violation; rape; as, abuse of a female child.
- English Word Abused Definition of Abuse
- English Word Abuseful Definition Full of abuse; abusive.