Part 26

<hw>Ab*jec"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>abjection</ets>, L. <ets>abjectio</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of bringing down or humbling.</def> "The <i>abjection</i> of the king and his realm."

<i>Joe.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The state of being rejected or cast out.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>An <b>adjection</b> from the beatific regions where God, and his angels and saints, dwell forever. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A low or downcast state; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation.</def>

<blockquote>That this should be termed baseness, <b>abjection</b> of mind, or servility, is it credible? <i>Hooker.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Abjectly</h1> <Xpage=4>

<hw>Ab"ject*ly</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Meanly; servilely.</def>

<h1>Abjectness</h1> <Xpage=4>

<hw>Ab"ject*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being abject; abasement; meanness; servility.</def>

<i>Grew.</i>

<h1>Abjudge</h1> <Xpage=4>

<hw>Ab*judge"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>ab-</ets> + <ets>judge</ets>, v. Cf. <er>Abjudicate</er>.]</ety> <def>To take away by judicial decision.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Abjudicate</h1> <Xpage=4>

<hw>Ab*ju"di*cate</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>abjudicatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>abjudicare</ets>; <ets>ab + judicare</ets>. See <er>Judge</er>, and cf. <er>Abjudge</er>.]</ety> <def>To reject by judicial sentence; also, to abjudge.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Ash.</i>

<h1>Abjudication</h1> <Xpage=4>

<hw>Ab*ju`di*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Rejection by judicial sentence.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Knowles.</i>

<h1>Abjugate</h1> <Xpage=4>

<hw>Ab"ju*gate</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>abjugatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>abjugare</ets>.]</ety> <def>To unyoke.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bailey.</i>

<h1>Abjunctive</h1> <Xpage=4>

<hw>Ab*junc"tive</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>abjunctus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>abjungere</ets>; <ets>ab + jungere</ets> to join.]</ety> <def>Exceptional.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>It is this power which leads on from the accidental and <b>abjunctive</b> to the universal. <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Abjuration</h1> <Xpage=4>

<hw>Ab`ju*ra"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>abjuratio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>abjuration</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of abjuring or forswearing; a renunciation upon oath; <as>as, <ex>abjuration</ex> of the realm, a sworn banishment, an oath taken to leave the country and never to return</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A solemn recantation or renunciation; <as>as, an <ex>abjuration</ex> of heresy</as>.</def>