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ability

the quality or state of being able; power to perform, whether physical, moral, intellectual, conventional, or legal; capacity; skill or competence in doing; sufficiency of strength, skill, resources, etc.; -- in the plural, faculty, talent.

abime

alt. of abyme

abiogenesis

the supposed origination of living organisms from lifeless matter; such genesis as does not involve the action of living parents; spontaneous generation; -- called also abiogeny, and opposed to biogenesis.

abiogenetic

of or pertaining to abiogenesis.

abiogenist

one who believes that life can be produced independently of antecedent.

abiogenous

produced by spontaneous generation.

abiogeny

same as abiogenesis.

abiological

pertaining to the study of inanimate things.

abirritant

a medicine that diminishes irritation.

abirritate

to diminish the sensibility of; to debilitate.

abirritation

a pathological condition opposite to that of irritation; debility; want of strength; asthenia.

abirritative

characterized by abirritation or debility.

abit

3d sing. pres. of abide.

abject

cast down; low-lying.-sunk to a law condition; down in spirit or hope; degraded; servile; groveling; despicable; as, abject posture, fortune, thoughts.-to cast off or down; hence, to abase; to degrade; to lower; to debase.-a person in the lowest and most despicable condition; a castaway.

abjectedness

a very abject or low condition; abjectness.

abjection

the act of bringing down or humbling.-the state of being rejected or cast out.-a low or downcast state; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation.

abjectly

meanly; servilely.

abjectness

the state of being abject; abasement; meanness; servility.

abjudge

to take away by judicial decision.

abjudicate

to reject by judicial sentence; also, to abjudge.

abjudication

rejection by judicial sentence.

abjugate

to unyoke.

abjunctive

exceptional.

abjuration

the act of abjuring or forswearing; a renunciation upon oath; as, abjuration of the realm, a sworn banishment, an oath taken to leave the country and never to return.-a solemn recantation or renunciation; as, an abjuration of heresy.

abjuratory

containing abjuration.

abjure

to renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow; as, to abjure allegiance to a prince. to abjure the realm, is to swear to abandon it forever.-to renounce or reject with solemnity; to recant; to abandon forever; to reject; repudiate; as, to abjure errors.-to renounce on oath.

abjured

of abjure

abjurement

renunciation.

abjurer

one who abjures.

abjuring

of abjure

ablactate

to wean.

ablactation

the weaning of a child from the breast, or of young beasts from their dam.-the process of grafting now called inarching, or grafting by approach.

ablaqueate

to lay bare, as the roots of a tree.

ablaqueation

the act or process of laying bare the roots of trees to expose them to the air and water.

ablastemic

non-germinal.

ablation

a carrying or taking away; removal.-extirpation.-wearing away; superficial waste.

ablatitious

diminishing; as, an ablatitious force.

ablative

taking away or removing.-applied to one of the cases of the noun in latin and some other languages, -- the fundamental meaning of the case being removal, separation, or taking away.-the ablative case.

ablaut

the substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding modification of use or meaning; vowel permutation; as, get, gat, got; sing, song; hang, hung.

ablaze

on fire; in a blaze, gleaming.-in a state of glowing excitement or ardent desire.

able

fit; adapted; suitable.-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.-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.-legally qualified; possessed of legal competence; as, able to inherit or devise property.-to make able; to enable; to strengthen.-to vouch for.

able-bodied

having a sound, strong body; physically competent; robust.

able-minded

having much intellectual power.

ablegate

to send abroad.-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.

ablegation

the act of sending abroad.

ablen

a small fresh-water fish (leuciscus alburnus); the bleak.

ableness

ability of body or mind; force; vigor.

ablepsy

blindness.

abler

comp. of able.-superl. of able.

ablet

alt. of ablen

abligate

to tie up so as to hinder from.

abligurition

prodigal expense for food.

ablins

perhaps.-perhaps; possibly.

abloom

in or into bloom; in a blooming state.

ablude

to be unlike; to differ.

abluent

washing away; carrying off impurities; detergent.-a detergent.

ablush

blushing; ruddy.

ablution

the act of washing or cleansing; specifically, the washing of the body, or some part of it, as a religious rite.-the water used in cleansing.-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.

ablutionary

pertaining to ablution.

abluvion

that which is washed off.

ably

in an able manner; with great ability; as, ably done, planned, said.

abnegate

to deny and reject; to abjure.

abnegated

of abnegate

abnegating

of abnegate

abnegation

a denial; a renunciation.

abnegative

denying; renouncing; negative.

abnegator

one who abnegates, denies, or rejects anything.

abnet

the girdle of a jewish priest or officer.

abnodate

to clear (tress) from knots.

abnodation

the act of cutting away the knots of trees.

abnormal

not conformed to rule or system; deviating from the type; anomalous; irregular.

abnormalities

of abnormality

abnormality

the state or quality of being abnormal; variation; irregularity.-something abnormal.

abnormally

in an abnormal manner; irregularly.

abnormities

of abnormity

abnormity

departure from the ordinary type; irregularity; monstrosity.

abnormous

abnormal; irregular.

aboard

on board; into or within a ship or boat; hence, into or within a railway car.-alongside; as, close aboard.-on board of; as, to go aboard a ship.-across; athwart.

abodance

an omen; a portending.

abode

of abide-pret. of abide.-act of waiting; delay.-stay or continuance in a place; sojourn.-place of continuance, or where one dwells; abiding place; residence; a dwelling; a habitation.-an omen.-to bode; to foreshow.-to be ominous.

abodement

a foreboding; an omen.

aboding

a foreboding.

abolish

to do away with wholly; to annul; to make void; -- said of laws, customs, institutions, governments, etc.; as, to abolish slavery, to abolish folly.-to put an end to, or destroy, as a physical objects; to wipe out.

abolishable

capable of being abolished.

abolished

of abolish

abolisher

one who abolishes.

abolishing

of abolish

abolishment

the act of abolishing; abolition; destruction.

abolition

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.

abolitionism

the principles or measures of abolitionists.

abolitionist

a person who favors the abolition of any institution, especially negro slavery.

abolitionize

to imbue with the principles of abolitionism.

aboma

a large south american serpent (boa aboma).

abomasum

alt. of abomasus

abomasus

the fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant, which leads from the third stomach omasum. see ruminantia.

abominable

worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable.-excessive; large; -- used as an intensive.

abominableness

the quality or state of being abominable; odiousness.

abominably

in an abominable manner; very odiously; detestably.

abominate

to turn from as ill-omened; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread; loathe; as, to abominate all impiety.