Part 17

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To put up with; to endure.</def> <mark>[Prov.]</mark>

<i>Dickens.</i>

<h1>Abearance</h1> <Xpage=3>

<hw>A*bear"ance</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Behavior.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Blackstone.</i>

<h1>Abearing</h1> <Xpage=3>

<hw>A*bear"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Behavior.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir. T. More.</i>

<h1>Abecedarian</h1> <Xpage=3>

<hw>A`be*ce*da"ri*an</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>abecedarius</ets>. A word from the first four letters of the alphabet.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who is learning the alphabet; hence, a tyro.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One engaged in teaching the alphabet.</def>

<i>Wood.</i>

<h1>Abecedarian, Abecedary</h1> <Xpage=3>

<hw><hw>A`be*ce*da"ri*an</hw>, <hw>A`be*ce"da*ry</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or formed by, the letters of the alphabet; alphabetic; hence, rudimentary.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Abecedarian psalms</col>, <col>hymns</col></mcol>, <cd>etc., compositions in which (like the 119th psalm in Hebrew) distinct portions or verses commence with successive letters of the alphabet.</cd></cs>

<i>Hook.</i>

<h1>Abecedary</h1> <Xpage=3>

<hw>A`be*ce"da*ry</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A primer; the first principle or rudiment of anything.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Fuller.</i>

<h1>Abed</h1> <Xpage=3>

<hw>A*bed"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> in, on + <ets>bed</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>In bed, or on the bed.</def>

<blockquote>Not to be <b>abed</b> after midnight. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To childbed (in the phrase "<i>brought abed</i>," that is, delivered of a child).</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Abegge</h1> <Xpage=3>

<hw>A*beg"ge</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>. <def> Same as <er>Aby</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Abele</h1> <Xpage=3>