Part 25

<hw>Ab`i*o*log"ic*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ priv. + E. <ets>biological</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to the study of inanimate things.</def>

<h1>Abirritant</h1> <Xpage=4>

<hw>Ab*ir"ri*tant</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A medicine that diminishes irritation.</def>

<h1>Abirritate</h1> <Xpage=4>

<hw>Ab*ir"ri*tate</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>ab-</ets> + <ets>irritate</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>To diminish the sensibility of; to debilitate.</def>

<h1>Abirritation</h1> <Xpage=4>

<hw>Ab*ir`ri*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A pathological condition opposite to that of irritation; debility; want of strength; asthenia.</def>

<h1>Abirritative</h1> <Xpage=4>

<hw>Ab*ir"ri*ta*tive</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Characterized by abirritation or debility.</def>

<h1>Abit</h1> <Xpage=4>

<hw>A*bit"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<def> 3d sing. pres. of <er>Abide</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Abject</h1> <Xpage=4>

<hw>Ab"ject</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>abjectus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>abjicere</ets> to throw away; <ets>ab + jacere</ets> to throw. See <er>Jet</er> a shooting forth.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Cast down; low-lying.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>From the safe shore their floating carcasses And broken chariot wheels; so thick bestrown <b>Abject</b> and lost lay these, covering the flood. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Sunk to a law condition; down in spirit or hope; degraded; servile; groveling; despicable; <as>as, <ex>abject</ex> posture, fortune, thoughts</as>.</def> "Base and <i>abject</i> flatterers." <i>Addison</i>. "An <i>abject</i> liar." <i>Macaulay</i>.

<blockquote>And banish hence these <b>abject</b>, lowly dreams. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Mean; groveling; cringing; mean-spirited; slavish; ignoble; worthless; vile; beggarly; contemptible; degraded.</syn>

<h1>Abject</h1> <Xpage=4>

<hw>Ab*ject"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Abject</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <def>To cast off or down; hence, to abase; to degrade; to lower; to debase.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Donne.</i>

<h1>Abject</h1> <Xpage=4>

<hw>Ab"ject</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; a castaway.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Shall these <b>abjects</b>, these victims, these outcasts, know any thing of pleasure? <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Abjectedness</h1> <Xpage=4>

<hw>Ab*ject"ed*ness</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A very abject or low condition; abjectness.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i> Boyle.</i>

<h1>Abjection</h1> <Xpage=4>