Part 34

<h1>Abodement</h1> <Xpage=5>

<hw>A*bode"ment</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A foreboding; an omen.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "<i>Abodements</i> must not now affright us."

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Aboding</h1> <Xpage=5>

<hw>A*bod"ing</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A foreboding.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Abolish</h1> <Xpage=5>

<hw>A*bol"ish</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Abolished</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Abolishing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>abolir</ets>, L. <ets>abolere</ets>, <ets>aboletum</ets>; <ets>ab + olere</ets> to grow. Cf. <er>Finish</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To do away with wholly; to annul; to make void; -- said of laws, customs, institutions, governments, etc.; <as>as, to <ex>abolish</ex> slavery, to <ex>abolish</ex> folly</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To put an end to, or destroy, as a physical objects; to wipe out.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<blockquote>And with thy blood <b>abolish</b> so reproachful blot. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>His quick instinctive hand Caught at the hilt, as to <b>abolish</b> him. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To <er>Abolish</er>, <er>Repeal</er>, <er>Abrogate</er>, <er>Revoke</er>, <er>Annul</er>, <er>Nullify</er>, <er>Cancel</er>.</syn> <usage> These words have in common the idea of setting aside by some overruling act. <i>Abolish</i> applies particularly to things of a permanent nature, such as institutions, usages, customs, etc.; as, to <i>abolish</i> monopolies, serfdom, slavery. <i>Repeal</i> describes the act by which the legislature of a state sets aside a law which it had previously enacted. <i>Abrogate</i> was originally applied to the repeal of a law by the Roman people; and hence, when the power of making laws was usurped by the emperors, the term was applied to <i>their</i> act of setting aside the laws. Thus it came to express that act by which a sovereign or an executive government sets aside laws, ordinances, regulations, treaties, conventions, etc. <i>Revoke</i> denotes the act or recalling some previous grant which conferred, privilege, etc.; as, to <i>revoke</i> a decree, to <i>revoke</i> a power of attorney, a promise, etc. Thus, also, we speak of the <i>revocation</i> of the Edict of Nantes. <i>Annul</i> is used in a more general sense, denoting simply to make void; as, to <i>annul</i> a contract, to <i>annul</i> an agreement. <i>Nullify</i> is an old word revived in this country, and applied to the setting of things aside either by force or by total disregard; as, to <i>nullify</i> an act of Congress. <i>Cancel</i> is to strike out or annul, by a deliberate exercise of power, something which has operative force.</usage>

<h1>Abolishable</h1> <Xpage=5>

<hw>A*bol"ish*a*ble</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>abolissable</ets>.]</ety> <def>Capable of being abolished.</def>

<h1>Abolisher</h1> <Xpage=5>

<hw>A*bol"ish*er</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who abolishes.</def>

<h1>Abolishment</h1> <Xpage=5>

<hw>A*bol"ish*ment</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>abolissement</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of abolishing; abolition; destruction.</def>

<i>Hooker.</i>

<h1>Abolition</h1> <Xpage=5>

<hw>Ab"o*li"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>abolitio</ets>, fr. <ets>abolere</ets>: cf. F. <ets>abolition</ets>. See <er>Abolish</er>.]</ety> <def>The act of abolishing, or the state of being abolished; an annulling; abrogation; utter destruction; <as>as, the <ex>abolition</ex> of slavery or the slave trade; the <ex>abolition</ex> of laws, decrees, ordinances, customs, taxes, debts, etc.</as></def>

<note>&hand; The application of this word to persons is now unusual or obsolete</note>

<h1>Abolitionism</h1> <Xpage=5>

<hw>Ab`o*li"tion*ism</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The principles or measures of abolitionists.</def>

<i>Wilberforce.</i>

<h1>Abolitionist</h1> <Xpage=5>

<hw>Ab`o*li"tion*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A person who favors the abolition of any institution, especially negro slavery.</def>

<h1>Abolitionize</h1> <Xpage=5>