Part 15

<h1>Abdicate</h1> <Xpage=3>

<hw>Ab"di*cate</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v.i.</tt> <def>To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity.</def>

<blockquote>Though a king may <b>abdicate</b> for his own person, he cannot <b>abdicate</b> for the monarchy. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Abdication</h1> <Xpage=3>

<hw>Ab`di*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>abdicatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>abdication</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder; commonly the voluntary renunciation of sovereign power; <as>as, <ex>abdication</ex> of the throne, government, power, authority</as>.</def>

<h1>Abdicative</h1> <Xpage=3>

<hw>Ab"di*ca*tive</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>abdicativus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Causing, or implying, abdication.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Bailey.</i>

<h1>Abdicator</h1> <Xpage=3>

<hw>Ab"di*ca`tor</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who abdicates.</def>

<h1>Abditive</h1> <Xpage=3>

<hw>Ab"di*tive</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>abditivus</ets>, fr. <ets>abdere</ets> to hide.]</ety> <def>Having the quality of hiding.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Bailey.</i>

<h1>Abditory</h1> <Xpage=3>

<hw>Ab"di*to*ry</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>abditorium</ets>.]</ety> <def>A place for hiding or preserving articles of value.</def>

<i>Cowell.</i>

<h1>Abdomen</h1> <Xpage=3>

<hw>Ab*do"men</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>abdomen</ets> (a word of uncertain etymol.): cf. F. <ets>abdomen</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Anat.</fld>) <def>The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis. Also, the cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum, and contains the stomach, bowels, and other viscera. In man, often restricted to the part between the diaphragm and the commencement of the pelvis, the remainder being called the pelvic cavity.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The posterior section of the body, behind the thorax, in insects, crustaceans, and other Arthropoda.</def>

<h1>Abdominal</h1> <Xpage=3>

<hw>Ab*dom"i*nal</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>abdominal</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral; <as>as, the <ex>abdominal</ex> regions, muscles, cavity</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having abdominal fins; belonging to the Abdominales; <as>as, <ex>abdominal</ex> fishes</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Abdominal ring</col> <fld>(Anat.</fld>)<cd>, a fancied ringlike opening on each side of the abdomen, external and superior to the <i>pubes<i>; -- called also <altname>inguinal ring</altname>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Abdominal</h1> <Xpage=3>

<hw>Ab*dom"i*nal</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>E. pl. <plw>Abdominals</plw>, L. pl. <plw>Abdominales</plw></plu>. <def>A fish of the group Abdominales.</def>

<h1>Abdominales</h1> <Xpage=3>

<hw>Ab*dom`i*na"les</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., masc. pl.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A group including the greater part of fresh-water fishes, and many marine ones, having the ventral fins under the abdomen behind the pectorals.</def>

<h1>Abdominalia</h1> <Xpage=3>