Part 20

<syn>Syn. -- <er>Abettor</er>, <er>Accessory</er>, <er>Accomplice</er>.</syn> <usage> These words denote different degrees of complicity in some deed or crime. An <i>abettor</i> is one who incites or encourages to the act, without sharing in its performance. An <i>accessory</i> supposes a principal offender. One who is neither the chief actor in an offense, nor present at its performance, but <i>accedes</i> to or becomes involved in its guilt, either by some previous or subsequent act, as of instigating, encouraging, aiding, or concealing, etc., is an <i>accessory</i>. An <i>accomplice</i> is one who participates in the commission of an offense, whether as principal or accessory. Thus in treason, there are no <i>abettors</i> or <i>accessories</i>, but all are held to be principals or <i>accomplices</i>.</usage>

<h1>Abevacuation</h1> <Xpage=4>

<hw>Ab`e*vac"u*a"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>ab-</ets> + <ets>evacuation</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A partial evacuation.</def>

<i>Mayne.</i>

<h1>Abeyance</h1> <Xpage=4>

<hw>A*bey"ance</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>abeance</ets> expectation, longing; <ets>a</ets> (L. <ets>ad</ets>) + <ets>baer</ets>, <ets>beer</ets>, to gape, to look with open mouth, to expect, F. <ets>bayer</ets>, LL. <ets>badare</ets> to gape.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Expectancy; condition of being undetermined.</def>

<note>&hand; When there is no person in existence in whom an inheritance (or a dignity) can vest, it is said to be in <i>abeyance</i>, that is, in expectation; the law considering it as always potentially existing, and ready to vest whenever a proper owner appears.</note>

<i>Blackstone.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Suspension; temporary suppression.</def>

<blockquote>Keeping the sympathies of love and admiration in a dormant state, or state of <b>abeyance</b>. <i>De Quincey.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Abeyancy</h1> <Xpage=4>

<hw>A*bey"an*cy</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Abeyance.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Hawthorne.</i>

<h1>Abeyant</h1> <Xpage=4>

<hw>A*bey"ant</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Being in a state of abeyance.</def>

<h1>Abhal</h1> <Xpage=4>

<hw>Ab"hal</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The berries of a species of cypress in the East Indies.</def>

<h1>Abhominable</h1> <Xpage=4>

<hw>Ab*hom"i*na*ble</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Abominable.</def> <note>[A false orthography anciently used; <i>h</i> was foisted into various words; hence <i>abholish</i>, for <i>abolish</i>, etc.]</note>

<blockquote>This is <b>abhominable</b>, which he [Don Armado] would call <b>abominable</b>. <i>Shak. Love's Labor's Lost, v. 1.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Abhominal</h1> <Xpage=4>

<hw>Ab*hom`i*nal</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ab</ets> away from + <ets>homo</ets>, <ets>hominis</ets>, man.]</ety> <def>Inhuman.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Fuller.</i>

<h1>Abhor</h1> <Xpage=4>

<hw>Ab*hor"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Abhorred</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Abhorring</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>abhorrere</ets>; <ets>ab + horrere</ets> to bristle, shiver, shudder: cf. F. <ets>abhorrer</ets>. See <er>Horrid</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To shrink back with shuddering from; to regard with horror or detestation; to feel excessive repugnance toward; to detest to extremity; to loathe.</def>

<blockquote><b>Abhor</b> that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. <i>Rom. xii. 9.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To fill with horror or disgust.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>It doth <b>abhor</b> me now I speak the word. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>