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Show ¢pp AB b t i f o a c n i m r ' 5 immovable They that truft in the Lord thall be as moun Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth fo Pfalm cxxv. 1 ever 4. To continue in the fame ftate The fear of the Lord tendeth to life; and h Prow. xix. 23 that hath it fhall abide fatisfied There can be no ftudy without time ; and th mind muft abide and dwell upon things, or be alSouth ways a ftranger to theinfide of them without offence I'o endur anger o adi¢tion o can abide, that, againft their own doétors __Girt with circumfluous tides He ftill calamitous conftraint abides Pope's Odyffs. ba ive 1 750 AB1'DER. 7 /. [from abide. that abides or dwell 6. It is ufed with the particle aizh before a perfon, and a¢ or iz before a place It is better that I give her to thee, than that fhould give her to another man: Abide with me Gen. XxixX. 19 For thy fervant vowed a vow, while I abode a _Gethur in Syria, faying, if the Lord fhall bring m again indeed to Jerufalem, then I will ferve th Lord 2, Same xvs 8 abide by a man port him. Bu thing low it A'BJECT Bu the Lor living God he is th an a tru God everlaftin he is th king At hi wrath the earth fhall tremble, and the nation fhall not be able toabide hisindignation. Fersx. 10 It muft be allowed a fair prefumption in favou of the truth of my dorines, that they have abi a very rigorous teft now for above thirty years and the more ftiictly they are looked into, th more they are confirmed Woodward, Letteri 4. To bear without averfion; in whic fenfe it is commonly ufed with a negative Thou can'f love of thyfelf Thoug tho not abide Tiridates; this is bu .~ Sidney, b, ii Thy vile race did learn had that in't whic good nature Could not abide to be with ; therefore waft tho Defervedly confin'd unto this rock 5. ‘Tobear or fuffer Shakefpe Tempef [abjeus, Lat be always ready to pay them, are no equal foot with bafe and abjeé? flatterers throw upo a 3. Mean and defpicable; ufed of attions The rapine is fo abjetZ and profane They not from trifles, nor from gods refrain Dryden's Fuwenal, Sat. 8 To what bafe ends, and by what abje ways Are mortals urg'd through facred luft of praife Pope's Efjay on Criticifm man whofe miferies are irretrievable one of the loweft condition Yea, the abjefs gathere againft me themfelves togethe Pflalm xxxv. 15 ABjE‘cT. @. a. [abjicio, Lat.] T A word rarely ufed throw away ABjJE'CTEDNESS. # /. [fromalje.] Th ftate of an abje& 7 Ou death glory of th to th tion t Saviour would love at no lefs rate tha and, from the fupereminent height o ftooped and abafed himfelf to the fufferanc extremeft of indignities, and funk himfel bottom of abjeffednefs, to exalt our condiBoyle's Works the contrary extreme Agje‘crion. z /. [from abje.] Meannefs of mind ; want of fpirit; {ervility bafenefs That this fhoul of mind or fervility upo fkill o riches o ftrength, or any other quality Of finging thou haft got the reputation Good Thyrfis, mine Iyield to thy ability My heart doth feek another eftimation Sidneysy be 1 If aught in my ability may ferv To lighten what thou fuffer'ft, and appeaf Children in whom there was no blemifh, bu well-favoured, and fkilful in all wifdom, and cun nin in knowledge an underftandin and fuch as had 4bility in the king's palace Addifons Spettator, No 279 without hope dependin ing; mental power Strongeft of mortal men To loweft pitch of abjes? fortune thou art fall'n Milton's Samfon Agoniffes We fee man and woman in the higheft innocence and perfeftion, and in the moft abje ftat of guilt and infirmity ma power to do any thing, whethe 2. Capacityof mind ; force of underftand The rarer thy example ftands By how much from the top of wond'rous glory 2./. 2. /. [Habileté, Fr. Wherever we find our abilities too weak for th performance, he affures us of the affiftance of hi Holy Spirit Rogers's Sermonis 2. Being of no hope or regard ; ufed o condition A'sjEcT c. 7 Ezra,ii. 6g If any man minifter, let him do it as of th abiliry which God giveth: that God in all thing may be glorified through Jefus Chrift. 1 Pet.iv. 11 Addifor's Whig Examiner 2. To bear or fupport the confequences o a thing 3. 'To bear or fupport, without being conquered or deftroyed adj § 8 baf our Thy mind with what amends is in my pow'r Milton's Sampfon Agoniftes, I 744 They gave after their ability unto the treafure Honeft men, who tell their fovereigns what the expet from them, and what obedience they fhal Poor harmlefs lambs abide their enmity Ah me ! they ljttle kno How dearly I abide that boaft fo vain Milton's Par. Loft as nothin Milt. Paradife Loft, b. ix. L 571 and battle for their dens xx. 23 1. Th Shakefpeare's Henry I I was at firft, asother beafts that graz The trodden herb, of abjef? thoughts and low Where many {kilful leeches him abide To falve his hurts. Fuairy Queeny be 1a c. 5. fb 17 A Continu Rebellio Came like itfelf in bafe and abjef? routs Led on by bloody youth goaded with rage And countenanc'd by boys and beggary Home is he brought, and laid in fumptuous bed Bonds and afflictions abide me Art'LiTY 1. Mean; worthlefs ; bafe; groveling fpoken of perfons, or their qualities 1. 'Fo wait for, expe&, attend, wait upon Shakefp. Hen. V1. p. 3 A wor away as of no value fhould rather determine that abide in th ad&tive fenfe has no paflive participle, o compounded preterite 70 Ari'DE. w. a ‘While lions war per in that place can confift or have abiding Rawleigh's Hiftory of the World is alfo, 10 defend or fupthefe forms are {ome await; ufed of things prepared for perfons, as well as of perfons expectin things in a plice and carried about with fuch fwiftnefs t Of the participle abid, I have foun only the example in Woodward, an involved in the charge of lying Government of the Tongue By humility T mean not the abjecnefs of mind : but a prudent care not to over-valu felves upon any account Grew's Cofinologia Sacra, b il We are ftrangers before Thee and fojourners, a were all our fathers: our days on the earth are a a tfhadow, and there is none abiding 1 Chron, xxixX. 15 The air in that region is fo violently removed 7. Itis ufed with &y before a thing; as, t abide by his teftimony; to abide by hi own fkill ; that is, 7o rely upon them; t abide by an opinion ; 70 maintai . Servility and abjetnefs of humour is implicitl The perfo haps that lives or endures little in ufe Apr'ping. n [ [from abide. ance; ftay; fixed fate le books fhould by their fatherhoods be im::fifridu {ly obtruded upon God and his church Hall AB be termed bafenefs, abjestio isit credible Hookery beve § 47 The juft medivm lies betwixt pride and th L'Eftrange abjeftion, the two extremes In a A'BjEcTLY. adv. [from abje abje@t manner, meanly, bafely, fervilely, contemptibly A'sjecTNESs. 7 /0 [from abjeiz] Abje&ion, fervility, meannefs f{cience to ftand in th Dan.is 4 3. When it has the plural number, abili ties, it frequently fignifies the facultie or powers of the mind, and fometime the force of underftanding given by na- ture, as diftinguithed fromacquired qua lifications Whether it may be thought neceflary, thati certain traéts of country, like what we call parithes, there fhould be one man ties to read and write ARINTE'sTATE. adj inteflatus, Lat. at leaft, of abiliSavift [of ab, from term of law A an im plying him that inherits from a man who, though he had the power to mak a will, yet did not make it 70 A'BJUGATE. @.a. [abjugo, Lat.] T unyoke to uncouple 7o ABJURE D . a. [abjure, Lat. 1. To caft off upon oath to fwear not t do or not to have fomething Either to die the death, or to abjur For ever the fociety of man Shakefpeare's Midfum. Night' No man reafon, an therefore, that hath not fworn allegiance to a pr fantaftical hypethefis of fuch a fuppofition can undertake the defenc Hale 2. To retra&, recant, or abnegate a pofition upon oath ABjURA‘TION. 2 f. [from abjure.] Th a& of abjuring The oath taken fo that end Until Henry VIII committe his time felony, coul if a man go int havin a church o church-yard, before he were apprehended, he migh not be taken from thence to the ufual trial of law but confeffing his fault to the juftices, or to t coroner, gave his cath to forfake the reaim fo ever, which was called abjuration There are fome abjurations fill in force amon us here in England ; as, by the ftatute of the 2 5t of king Charles II. all perfons that are into any office, civil or military, muf teft; which is an abjuration of fome doétrin the church of Rome There is likewile another oath of afjurciicn waliC |
