Part 35

<hw>Ab`o*li`tion*ize</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To imbue with the principles of abolitionism.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Bartlett.</i>

<h1>Aboma</h1> <Xpage=5>

<hw>A*bo"ma</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A large South American serpent (<spn>Boa aboma</spn>).</def>

<h1>Abomasum, Abomasus</h1> <Xpage=5>

<hw><hw>Ab`o*ma"sum</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>Ab`o*ma"sus</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>ab</ets> + <ets>omasum</ets> (a Celtic word.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> The fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant, which leads from the third stomach <i>omasum</i>. See <er>Ruminantia</er>.</def>

<h1>Abominable</h1> <Xpage=5>

<hw>A*bom"i*na*ble</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>abominable</ets>. L. <ets>abominalis</ets>. See <er>Abominate</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Excessive; large; -- used as an intensive.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<note>&hand; Juliana Berners . . . informs us that in her time [15th c.], "a<i>bomynable</i> syght of monkes" was elegant English for "a large company of friars."</note>

<i>G. P. Marsh.</i>

<h1>Abominableness</h1> <Xpage=5>

<hw>A*bom"i*na*ble*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or state of being abominable; odiousness.</def>

<i>Bentley.</i>

<h1>Abominably</h1> <Xpage=5>

<hw>A*bom"i*na*bly</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an abominable manner; very odiously; detestably.</def>

<h1>Abominate</h1> <Xpage=5>

<hw>A*bom"i*nate</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Abominated</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Abominating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>abominatus</ets>, p. p. or <ets>abominari</ets> to deprecate as ominous, to abhor, to curse; <ets>ab + omen</ets> a foreboding. See <er>Omen</er>.]</ety> <def>To turn from as ill-omened; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread; loathe; <as>as, to <ex>abominate</ex> all impiety</as>.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- To hate; abhor; loathe; detest. See <er>Hate</er>.</syn>

<h1>Abomination</h1> <Xpage=5>

<hw>A*bom`i*na"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>abominacioun</ets>, <ets>-cion</ets>, F. <ets>abominatio</ets>. See <er>Abominate</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The feeling of extreme disgust and hatred; abhorrence; detestation; loathing; <as>as, he holds tobacco in <ex>abomination</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is abominable; anything hateful, wicked, or shamefully vile; an object or state that excites disgust and hatred; a hateful or shameful vice; pollution.</def>

<blockquote>Antony, most large in his <b>abominations</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A cause of pollution or wickedness.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Detestation; loathing; abhorrence; disgust; aversion; loathsomeness; odiousness.</syn>

<i>Sir W. Scott.</i>

<h1>Aboon</h1> <Xpage=5>

<hw>A*boon"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>prep.</tt> <def>and <i>adv</i>. Above.</def> <mark>[Scot. & Prov. Eng.]</mark>