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Show AB AB Yo ABA'LIENATE. «. a. [from adalieno Lat.] To make that another's whic was our own before. A term of the civi law, not much ufed in common fpeech Apaviena'rion. . /. [Lat. abalienatio. The aé of giving up one's right to another perfon ; or a making over an eftate goods, or chattels by fale, or due courf of law Dig 7o Apa'ND. . a. [ A word contratted fro sbandon saxpon. but not now in ufe Se To forfake A They ftronger ar Tha the which fought at firft their helpin han And Vorti,ger enforced the kingdom to aband Spenfer's Fairy Queen ¥ ABA'NDON AB b.ii. cant. 10 «. a. [Fr abandonner of alonger form, abandoned [given vp to wickednefs [A verbal nou ABa'NpONING Defertion, forfaking abandon. fro He hoped his paft meritorious actions might out weigh his prefent abandoning the thought of futur Clarend. b. viii action ABA'NDONMENT. 2. /. [abandonnement,Fr. 1. The a& of abandoning DicZ z. The ftate of being abandoned Apanni'rion. n. /. [Lat. abannitio.] banifhmen for on years or tw fOI Diéz manflaughter. Obfolete 70 ABA'RE: . a. [abaman, Sax.] To mak bare Dis& or difclofe uncover AparTicuLa'rioN. 7 /. [from ab, from and articulus, a joint, Lat.] A good a:n apt conftruction of the bones, by whic Derived, according to Menage, from th they move ftrongly and eafily; or tha Ttalian abandonare, which fignifies t fpecies of ‘articulation that has manifef forfake his colours ; bandum [vexillum Dics motion #ejerere. Pafquier thinks it a coalition of Zo Ava'se. v. a. [Fr. abaiffer, from th a ban donner, to give upto a profcription Lat. dafis, or bafus, a barbarous word in which {enfe we, at this day, mentio fignifying low, bafe. the ban of the empire Ban, in ou 1. To deprefs, to lower own old diale&, fignifies a curfe; an Itis a point of cunning to wait upon him wit t0 abandon, if confidered as compounde between French and Saxon, is exactl equivalent to diris devovere. . To give up, refign, or quit; often followed by the particle zo If the be fo abanden'd to her forrow As it is fpoke, fhe never will admit me Skakefp. Tawelfth Night The paffive gods behold the Greeks defil Their temples and abandon to the fpoi Their own abodes we 'To fave a finking town feeble few whom you fpeak with youreye; yet with a demur abafing of it fometimes Bacon 2. To caft down, to deprefs, to bring low in a figurative and perfonal fenfe, whic is the common ufe Happy fhepherd, to the gods be thankful, tha to thy advancement their wifdoms have thee abafed Sidney Behold every one that is proud and abafe him confpir involv'd in fire Dryd. Zineid Who is he fo abandoned to fottith credulity a to think, that aclod of earth in a fack, may ever by eternal fhaking, receive the fabric of man' body Bentley's Sermons Muft he, whofe altars on the Phrygian thare ‘With frequentrites, and pure, avow'd thy pow'r Be doom'd the worft of human ills to prove Unblefs'd, abandon'd to the wrath of Jove b. i xle With unrefifted might the monarch reigns He levels mountains, and he raifes plains And, not regarding diff'rence of degree Abas'd your daughter, and exalted me Dryd. Fables If the mind be curbed and humbled too muc in children; if their fpirits be abafed and broke much by too ftri¢t an hand over them; they lof all their vigour and induftry Locke on Education §. 46 iven for a gift, more than the wages % did not believe her and I was abf/bed 26;';? ob. i 13, 1 In the admiration only of weak mind Led captive: ceafet' admire, and al] he Fall flaE;, and fink into a trivial toy plume At every {udden flighting quite alza/bt Miltor's Paradife Lofty b, | The little Cupids hov'ring round (As pictures prove) with garlands crawn'd Abafb'd at what they faw and heard Flew off, nor ever more appear'd Seift''s Miferllapige 7o ABA'TE. . a. [from the Frenchg44 tre, to beat down. 1. To leflen, to diminifK Who can tell whether the divine wifdom, ¢ abate the glory of thofe kings, did not referve thi work to be done by a queen, that it might appe; to be his own immediate work Sir Fobn Dawies on Ireland If you did know to whom I gave the ring And how unwillingly I left the ring You would abate the ftrength of your difpleafure Shakefpeare Here we fee the hopes of great benefit ang ligh from expofitors and commentators are in g grea part abated; and thofe who have moft need of thei help, can receive but little from them. Locke's Effay on St. Paul's Epifils 2. To deje@, or deprefs the mind This iron worl Brings down the ftouteft hearts to loweft ftate For mifery doth braveft minds abate Spenfs Hubberd's Taly Have the power flil To banifh your defenders, till at lengt Your ignorance deliver you As moft abated captives to fome natio That won you without blows Shakefp. Coriolanys Time that changes all; yet changes us in vain The body, not the mind; nor can controu Th' immortal vigour, or abate the foul Dryd. Zneid 3. In commerce, to let down the pricei {elling, fometimes to beat down the pric in buying 1. To gro lefs as his paflion abates AB4'sED. adj. [with heralds] a term ufe the ftorm abates. It is ufed fometime Pope's Ody[fey, b. i. I. 8o o th win o eagl s whe the to " 2. To defert; to forfake: in an ill fenfe with the particle of before the thin loak downwards towards the point of th The princes ufing the paflions of fearing evil l f e e fhield ; or when the wings are fhut; th and defiring to efcape, only to ferve the rule o Our phyficians have obferved, that in procefo virtue, not to abandon one's felf, leapt to a rib o natural way of bearing them being {prea time, fome difeafes have abazed of their virulence the fhip Sidneyy ba ii. | with the top pointing to the chief of th and have, in 2 manner, worn out their malignity, Seeing the hurt ftag alone f a t b n longer mortal angl Bail y Cha ber Left and abanden'd of his velvet friends Dyryden's Hind and Panthers ABA'SEMENT. 7 /. The ftate of bein >Tis right, quoth he; thus mifery doth par 2 [ l w "The flux of companys bro gh low; the aét of bringing low Shakefp. As you like i It is in law ufed both a&ively and neuterly; as What fate a wretched fugitive attends depreffion to abate a caftle, to beatit down ‘To abate a writy Scorn'd by my foes, abandonw'd by my friends Dryd Eneid 2 But to the parting goddefs thus the pray'd Propitious ftill be prefent to my aid Nor quite abandon.your once favour'd maid Dryd. Fab 3. 'To forfake, to leave He boldly fpake, Sir knight, if knight thou be Abandon this foreftalled place at erft For fear of further harm, I counfel thee Spenfer's Fairy Queen, b. ii. cant. 4. flanz. 39 90 ABANDO OVER. w. a. fa form of wri ting not ufual perhaps not exact. give up to, torefign T Look on me as a man abandon'd o'e To an.cternal lethargy of love To pull, and pinch; and wound me, cannot cure And but difturb the quiet of my death _Dryd. Sp. Friar ABA'NDONED. particip.. adj Corrupted in the higheft degree ; as, .2z abandone avreteh In this {enfe, it 1s 2 contra@ion There is an abafement becaufe of glory; an there is thatlifteth up his head from a low eftate Ecclefiafticusy xx. 11. 7o Ana'sH . a. [See BasuruL haps from abaiffer French. Per I. "To put into confufion; to make afha med It generally implies a fudde impreflion of fhame "They heard and were aba/p'd Milton's Paradife Lof, b i. 1. 33% 'Ifhisfheard, th' imperious queen fat mute wit ear Nor further durft incenfe the gloomy thunder r Silence vaas in.the court at this rebulce Nor could the gods reign's look abafp'd fuftain their foveDryden's Fables 2. The paffive admits the particle az, fometimes of before the caufal noun In no wife fpeak againft the truth, but be abafb of theerror of thy ignorance Beclus, iv." 25 T faid unto her, frora whenceis thi kid I it not flolen But fhe replied wpon.me, it wa Is, by fome exception, to defeat or overthrow it A ftranger ebateth, that is, entereth upon a houf or land void by the death of him that laft poffeffed it, before the heir take his pofiefiicn, and fo keep eth him out Wherefore, as he that putteth out him in pofleffion, is faid to diffeife: fo he tha fteppeth in between the former poffeflor and-hi heir, is faid to abate. In.the neuter fignificatio thus: The writof the demandment thall aate, that is, thall be dif: abled, fruftrated, or overthrown The appeal abateth by covin, that is, that the accufa tion is defeated by deceit - [In horfemanthip. Coauel A horfe is faid t abate or- take down his curvets; whe working upon curvets, he puts his two hind legs to the ground both at once and obferve the times the fam exacnefs ia al ABA'TEMENT. n. f. [abatement, Fr. 1. 'The a& of abating or leflening Dict Xenophon tells us, that the city contained abou ten thoufand houfes, and allowing one man to every houfé |