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Show AB AB AsRrRU'PTED. adj. [abruptus, Lat. a wor little in nfe.] Broken off fuddenly t n f a i b 1. The ftate o prefence The effe&ts of their activity are not precipitoufly abrupted, but gradually proceed to thei ABrU'PTION. 7. /. [abruptio, Lat.] Breaking off, violent and fudden feparation Thofe whic are inclofed in ftone, marble pa er lo ca ca ic ad a w Fo o Abfence, the beft expedient they could find fuch other folid matter, being difficultly feparabl fro it becauf all fide t of its adhefio n m th cu no i e tu fo th fa Mig Dryd. Fab abth o u io ta fe di n e gi You hav h o t m an w d la no ence of lovers o them, have commonly fome of that matter ftil adhering to them, or at leaft marks of its abvuption from them, on all their fides afe f th d u e l f e t po fu ul they fh 24 N to ti Sp n if Ad rations Woodward's Nat. Hifts pe 4 ABru'PTLY. adv. [See Asrurt.] Haltily, without the due forms of preparation The fweetnefs of virtue's difpofition, jealou even over itfelf, fuffered her not to enter abruptl Sidney, b i into queftions of Mufidorus Now mifling from their joy fo lately found So lately found, and fo abruptly gone Par. Regains b. ii They both of them punctually obferved th time thus agreed upon, and that in whatever company or bufinefs they were engaged, they left i abruptly, as foon as the clock warned them t Addifon, Spectator, NO 241 retire ABRUPTNESS. 7. /. [from abrupz. 1. An abrupt manner, hafte, fuddennefs untimely vehemence 2. The ftate of an abrupt or broken thing roughnefs, cragginefs ; as ofa fragmen violently disjoined The cryftallized bodie found in the perpendi e n { g l t i c a a p a o 2. Wan T s ci {p o ki l rf fo o i Abfenc o r p e f n b i a e en ab ar ficlt is a necef ar ef ne n c f ar ef ne l ir en i thi and voluntary ; as, upon the account of the commonwealth, or in the fervice of the church abl a o p ca an il ci th ki r th Th fence; as, that of frudents on the fcore of ftudy And the fourth, an abfence entirely voluntary; as o th perfon who to his contumacy, is, b in hatre the law, in fome refpects, reputed as a perfon preAyliffe's Parergon Furis Canonici fent 3. Inattention, heedleflnefs, neglet of th prefent objett 1 continued my walk refletin 4+ Tt is ufed with the particle from His abfence from his mother oft he'll mourn And, with his eyes, look wifhes to return Dryd. Fuw. Sat. ii end of the body whereby it adhered to the ftone or fides of the intervals; which abruptnefs i A'BSENT. adj. [abfens, Lat. caufed by its being broke off from the faid ftone pe 4 Woodw. Nat. Hift 1. No off eithe in a natural or figurative fenfe ABSCI'SSA. [Lat. Part of the diameter of a conic {etion, intercepted between the vertex and a femi-ordinate Assci'ssioN. n. 2/. [abfciffio, 2 Lat 1. The aé& of cutting off Where there is advantage to be given Both more and lefs have given him the revolt And none ferve with him but conftrained things Whether they were abfent or prefent, they wer Wifd. xi. 11 vexed alike 2. Abfent in mind, inattentive ; regardlefs of the prefent object I diftinguith a man that is abfept, becaufe h thinks of fomething elfe, from him that is abfent becaufe he thinks of nothing Addifon, Spectator, No 77 To ABSE'NT. w. a Montacutius w may underftand this intercifion, not abfciffion, o confummate defolation Brown's Vulgar Erroursy be Vi. co 12 To ABSCO'ND. . . [abfconds, Lat.] T hide one's felf; to retire from the public view: generally ufed of perfons i debt, or criminals eluding the law The marmotte or mus alpinus which abfconds al winter, lives on its own fat for in autumn whe bu it thuts itfelf up in its hole, it is ver fat in the fpring-time, when it.comes fort again, ver Ray on the Creation fean ABsco'NDER. # [ [from abfeond. perfon that abfconds A'BSENCE. 7. f. [Sce ABSENT. ,: 'Th To withdraw, to for bear to come into prefence If thou didft ever hold me in thy heart Abfent thee from felicity a while And in this harfh world draw thy breath in pain Shakefpeare's Hamlet To tell my tale 2. The ftate of being cut off By ceffation of oracles, wit Shake[p. Macbeth Whofe hearts are abfent too and not withou Wifeman's Surgery difficult enough particl th Pope's Paft Fabricius ab Aquapendente renders the abfcifSion of the danger wit At morn the plains, at noon the fhady grove But Delia always : abfent from her fight Nor plains at morn, nor groves at noon delight abfeefs in the mefentery, which, breaking fom few days after, was difcovered to be an apoftem o 'To cu ufe In fpring the fields, in autumn hills Tlove If the patient is not relieved, nor dies in eigh days, the inflammation ends in a fuppuration an an abfeefs in the lungs, and fometimes in fom other part of the body Arbuth. of Diet Lindanus conjectured it might be fome hidde ABsci'NDp. w. 2 prefent Srom A morA'sscess. n. /o [abfeeffus, Lat. bid cavity in the body; a tumour fille with matter ; a term of chirurgery Harvey on Confumptions on the littl abfences and diftractions of mankind Addifony Spectator, N© 77 ellers call it, which is only the abrupinsfs, at th the mefentery th an merchandife account of trade like. Some add a fifth kind of abfence, which i committed cum dolo & culpd, by a man's nonappearance on a citation; as, in a contum:'!clou eular intervals, have always their root, as the jew ¥ Sir, "tis fi You have ftrong party to defend y'ourfcl By calmnefs, or by abfence : all's in danger Shakefpeare's Coriolarus in vain His friends beheld, and pity'd hi Brown's Vulgar Errours, b. vi. 10 ceffations AR Go-for thy ftay, not free, abfents thee more Milton's Paradife Loft, b iX. l. 37 Tho' I am forc'd thus to abfent myfel From all I love, I fhall contrive fome means Some friendly intervals, to vifit thee Southern's Spartan Dame The Arengo is ftill called together in cafes o importance an if afte du an fummons mermber abfents himfelf, he is to be fined to th value of about a penny Englifh Addifon's Remarks on Iraly ApsenTA'NEOUS {ence; abfent adi Relatin to abDis& ApsenTE'E. 2./. He that is -abfent fro his ftation or employment, or country A word ufed commonly with regard t Irifamen living out of their country Then was the firft fatute made agaj commandin all fuch as had lan return and refide thereupon Sir Fobn Davies o A great part of eftates in Ireland ar abfentees, and fuch as dra over th pr o out of Ireland, refunding nothing. - P fi Child's szcam:/'g on Tf'dtg ABsUNTHIATED. part. [from abfin Lat. wormwood.] Imbittered, imp nated with wormwood To Asst'st, v. z. [abfiffo, Lat.] To off, to leave off 7o ABSO'LVE, @. a. [abfolvo, Lat 1. To clear, to acquit of a crime dicial fenfe Your great goodnefs, out of holy pity Shakefp. Henry Abfslv'd him with an axe Our viétors, bieft in peace, forget their w Enjoy paft dangers, and abfolve the ftars. i As he hopes, and gives out, by the influenc o his wealth, to be here abfolved5 in condempin this man, you ‘have an- opportunity of belying that general fcandal, of redeeming the credit Jo Swift's Mifeellaniss by former judgments 2. T fe promife fre fro engagement o a n Compell'd by threats to take that bloody oath And the a¢t ill, I am abfo/v'd by both Waller's Maid's Tragzdy, which muft neceffarily com This command prehend the perfons of our natural fathers, diftinék from our ob mean a duty we owe them dienc mof t magiftrate th powe abfolut o an abfolz canno prince Locke us whic fro 3. To pronounce fin remitted, in the ec L clefiaftical fenfe But all is calm in this eternal fleep Here grief forgets to groan, and love to weep Ev'n fuperftition lofes ev'ry fear For God, not man, abfolves our frailties here Pope's Elifa to Abelard This ufe i 4. To finifh, to complete no £n comimon s ‘What cauf Mov'd the Creator, in his holy ref Through all eternity, fo late to buil In chaos; and the work begun, how foo Miltor's Paradife Lof, b. viie . gd Abfolv'd If that which is fo fuppofed infinitely diftas from what is no current, is diftant from u a finite interval, and not infinitely, then thaton circulation which preceded it, mufe neceffarily be like ours, and confequently abfslved in the fp_at&f of twenty-four hours A'BsOLUTE Hale's Origin of DMankind adj. [abfolutus, Lat. 1. Complete; applied as well to perfou ( as things Becaufe the things that proceed from him a perfe, without any manner of defect or maim; it cannot be but that the words of his mouth a abfolute, and lack nothing which they {hould hav for performance of that thing whereunto the Hoskery be il § b tend ‘What is his ftrength by land ? -Great and increafing : but by fe He is an abfolute mafter Shake[peare's Antony and Cleapnf‘tfl. 2. Unconditional ; as an abfolute Prom}f lthough it runs in forms abfolute, yet iti indeed conditional, as depending upon the qualifi cation of the perfon to'whom it is pronounced South's Sermoftss 3. Not relative ; as, abfolute {pace I fec ftill th diftin@ion of fovereign ?ud 1 ferior, of abfolute and relative worfhip, will bea any man out in the worfhip of any creature Wit refpe@ to God, as well at leaft as it doth in the. M worfhip of images Def of Difee on Roms Stillfl.in An abfolute mode is that which belong fubject, without refpe@ to any other bwgfif&% |