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A*bol"ish*a*ble (&?;), a. [Cf. F. abolissable.] Capable of being abolished.

A*bol"ish*er (&?;), n. One who abolishes.

A*bol"ish*ment (-ment), n. [Cf. F. abolissement.] The act of abolishing; abolition; destruction. Hooker.

Ab"o*li"tion (&?;), n. [L. abolitio, fr. abolere: cf. F. abolition. See Abolish.] The act of abolishing, or the state of being abolished; an annulling; abrogation; utter destruction; as, the abolition of slavery or the slave trade; the abolition of laws, decrees, ordinances, customs, taxes, debts, etc.

The application of this word to persons is now unusual or obsolete

Ab`o*li"tion*ism (&?;), n. The principles or measures of abolitionists. Wilberforce.

Ab`o*li"tion*ist, n. A person who favors the abolition of any institution, especially negro slavery.

Ab`o*li`tion*ize (&?;), v. t. To imbue with the principles of abolitionism. [R.] Bartlett.

||A*bo"ma (&?;), n. (Zoöl.) A large South American serpent (Boa aboma).

{ ||Ab`o*ma"sum (&?;), ||Ab`o*ma"sus (&?;), } n. [NL., fr. L. ab + omasum (a Celtic word).] (Anat.) The fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant, which leads from the third stomach omasum. See Ruminantia.

A*bom"i*na*ble (&?;), a. [F. abominable. L. abominalis. See Abominate.] 1. Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable.

2. Excessive; large; -- used as an intensive. [Obs.]

Juliana Berners . . . informs us that in her time [15th c.], "abomynable syght of monkes" was elegant English for "a large company of friars." G. P. Marsh.

A*bom"i*na*ble*ness, n. The quality or state of being abominable; odiousness. Bentley.

A*bom"i*na*bly (&?;), adv. In an abominable manner; very odiously; detestably.

A*bom"i*nate (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Abominated; p. pr. & vb. n. Abominating.] [L. abominatus, p. p. or abominari to deprecate as ominous, to abhor, to curse; ab + omen a foreboding. See Omen.] To turn from as ill-omened; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread; loathe; as, to abominate all impiety.

Syn. -- To hate; abhor; loathe; detest. See Hate.

A*bom`i*na"tion (&?;), n. [OE. abominacioun, -cion, F. abominatio. See Abominate.] 1. The feeling of extreme disgust and hatred; abhorrence; detestation; loathing; as, he holds tobacco in abomination.

2. That which is abominable; anything hateful, wicked, or shamefully vile; an object or state that excites disgust and hatred; a hateful or shameful vice; pollution.

Antony, most large in his abominations. Shak.

3. A cause of pollution or wickedness.

Syn. -- Detestation; loathing; abhorrence; disgust; aversion; loathsomeness; odiousness. Sir W. Scott.

A*boon" (&?;), prep. and adv. Above. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]

Aboon the pass of Bally-Brough. Sir W. Scott.

The ceiling fair that rose aboon. J. R. Drake.

Ab*o"ral (&?;), a. [L. ab. + E. oral.] (Zoöl.) Situated opposite to, or away from, the mouth.

||A*bord" (&?;), n. [F.] Manner of approaching or accosting; address. Chesterfield.

A*bord" (&?;), v. t. [F. aborder, à (L. ad) + bord rim, brim, or side of a vessel. See Border, Board.] To approach; to accost. [Obs.] Digby.