Part 27

<cs><col>Oath of abjuration</col>, <cd>an oath asserting the right of the present royal family to the crown of England, and expressly abjuring allegiance to the descendants of the Pretender.</cd></cs>

<i>Brande & C.</i>

<h1>Abjuratory</h1> <Xpage=4>

<hw>Ab*ju"ra*to*ry</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Containing abjuration.</def>

<h1>Abjure</h1> <Xpage=4>

<hw>Ab*jure"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Abjured</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Abjuring</er> <tt>(#)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>abjurare</ets> to deny upon oath; <ets>ab + jurare</ets> to swear, fr. <ets>jus</ets>, <ets>juris</ets>, right, law; cf. F. <ets>abjurer</ets>. See <er>Jury</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow; <as>as, to <ex>abjure</ex> allegiance to a prince</as>. <i>To abjure the realm</i>, is to swear to abandon it forever.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To renounce or reject with solemnity; to recant; to abandon forever; to reject; repudiate; <as>as, to <ex>abjure</ex> errors</as>.</def> "Magic I here <i>abjure</i>."

<i>Shak.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- See <er>Renounce</er>.</syn>

<h1>Abjure</h1> <Xpage=4>

<hw>Ab*jure"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To renounce on oath.</def>

<i>Bp. Burnet.</i>

<h1>Abjurement</h1> <Xpage=4>

<hw>Ab*jure"ment</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Renunciation.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Abjurer</h1> <Xpage=4>

<hw>Ab*jur"er</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who abjures.</def>

<h1>Ablactate</h1> <Xpage=4>

<hw>Ab*lac"tate</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ablactatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>ablactare</ets>; <ets>ab + lactare</ets> to suckle, fr. <ets>lac</ets> milk.]</ety> <def>To wean.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Bailey.</i>

<h1>Ablactation</h1> <Xpage=4>

<hw>Ab`lac*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>. <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The weaning of a child from the breast, or of young beasts from their dam.</def>

<i>Blount.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Hort.)</fld> <def>The process of grafting now called <i>inarching</i>, or <i>grafting by approach</i>.</def>

<h1>Ablaqueate</h1> <Xpage=4>

<hw>Ab*la"que*ate</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ablaqueatus</ets>, p. p. of. <ets>ablaqueare</ets>; fr. <ets>ab + laqueus</ets> a noose.]</ety> <def>To lay bare, as the roots of a tree.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bailey.</i>

<h1>Ablaqueation</h1> <Xpage=4>

<hw>Ab*la`que*a"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ablaqueatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act or process of laying bare the roots of trees to expose them to the air and water.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>