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Abjuring
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Abjure
Abjure
v. t.
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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.
Abjure
v. t.
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To renounce or reject with solemnity; to recant; to abandon forever; to reject; repudiate; as, to abjure errors.
Abjure
v. i.
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To renounce on oath.
Abjurement
n.
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Renunciation.
Abjurer
n.
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One who abjures.
Ablactate
v. t.
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To wean.
Ablactation
n.
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The weaning of a child from the breast, or of young beasts from their dam.
Ablactation
n.
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The process of grafting now called inarching, or grafting by approach.
Ablaqueate
v. t.
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To lay bare, as the roots of a tree.
Ablaqueation
n.
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The act or process of laying bare the roots of trees to expose them to the air and water.
Ablastemic
a.
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Non-germinal.
Ablation
n.
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A carrying or taking away; removal.
Ablation
n.
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Extirpation.
Ablation
n.
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Wearing away; superficial waste.
Ablatitious
a.
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Diminishing; as, an ablatitious force.
Ablative
a.
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Taking away or removing.
Ablative
a.
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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.
Ablative
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The ablative case.
Ablaut
n.
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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
adv. & a.
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On fire; in a blaze, gleaming.
Ablaze
adv. & a.
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In a state of glowing excitement or ardent desire.
Able
superl.
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Fit; adapted; suitable.
Able
superl.
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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.
Able
superl.
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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.
Able
superl.
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Legally qualified; possessed of legal competence; as, able to inherit or devise property.
Able
a.
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To make able; to enable; to strengthen.
Able
a.
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To vouch for.
-able
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An adjective suffix now usually in a passive sense; able to be; fit to be; expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense; as, movable, able to be moved; amendable, able to be amended; blamable, fit to be blamed; salable.
Able-bodied
a.
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Having a sound, strong body; physically competent; robust.