Abusing () of Abuse

Abuse () 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.

Abuse () 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.

Abuse () To revile; to reproach coarsely; to disparage.

Abuse () To dishonor.

Abuse () To violate; to ravish.

Abuse () To deceive; to impose on.

Abuse () 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.

Abuse () Physical ill treatment; injury.

Abuse () A corrupt practice or custom; offense; crime; fault; as, the abuses in the civil service.

Abuse () Vituperative words; coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; virulent condemnation; reviling.

Abuse () Violation; rape; as, abuse of a female child.

Abuseful () Full of abuse; abusive.

Abuser () One who abuses [in the various senses of the verb].

Abusion () Evil or corrupt usage; abuse; wrong; reproach; deception; cheat.

Abusive () Wrongly used; perverted; misapplied.

Abusive () Given to misusing; also, full of abuses.

Abusive () Practicing abuse; prone to ill treat by coarse, insulting words or by other ill usage; as, an abusive author; an abusive fellow.

Abusive () Containing abuse, or serving as the instrument of abuse; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous.

Abusive () Tending to deceive; fraudulent; cheating.

Abusively () In an abusive manner; rudely; with abusive language.

Abusiveness () The quality of being abusive; rudeness of language, or violence to the person.

Abutted () of Abut

Abutting () of Abut

Abut () To project; to terminate or border; to be contiguous; to meet; -- with on, upon, or against; as, his land abuts on the road.

Abutilon () A genus of malvaceous plants of many species, found in the torrid and temperate zones of both continents; -- called also Indian mallow.

Abutment () State of abutting.

Abutment () That on or against which a body abuts or presses

Abutment () The solid part of a pier or wall, etc., which receives the thrust or lateral pressure of an arch, vault, or strut.

Abutment () A fixed point or surface from which resistance or reaction is obtained, as the cylinder head of a steam engine, the fulcrum of a lever, etc.

Abutment () In breech-loading firearms, the block behind the barrel which receives the pressure due to recoil.

Abuttal () The butting or boundary of land, particularly at the end; a headland.

Abutter () One who, or that which, abuts. Specifically, the owner of a contiguous estate; as, the abutters on a street or a river.

Abuzz () In a buzz; buzzing.

Abought () of Abye

Aby () Alt. of Abye

Abye () To pay for; to suffer for; to atone for; to make amends for; to give satisfaction.

Abye () To endure; to abide.

Abysm () An abyss; a gulf.

Abysmal () Pertaining to, or resembling, an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound.

Abysmally () To a fathomless depth; profoundly.

Abyss () A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable, and, specifically, hell, or the bottomless pit.

Abyss () Infinite time; a vast intellectual or moral depth.

Abyss () The center of an escutcheon.

Abyssal () Belonging to, or resembling, an abyss; unfathomable.

Abyssinian () Of or pertaining to Abyssinia.

Abyssinian () A native of Abyssinia.

Abyssinian () A member of the Abyssinian Church.

Acacia () A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors, as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals.

Acacias () of Acacia

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