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<hw>A*brood"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>brood</ets>.]</ety> <def>In the act of brooding.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Abp. Sancroft.</i>

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<hw>A*brook"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>brook</ets>, v.]</ety> <def>To brook; to endure.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

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<hw>Ab*rupt"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>abruptus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>abrumpere</ets> to break off; <ets>ab + rumpere</ets> to break. See <er>Rupture</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Broken off; very steep, or craggy, as rocks, precipices, banks; precipitous; steep; <as>as, <ex>abrupt</ex> places</as>.</def> "Tumbling through ricks <i>abrupt</i>,"

<i>Thomson.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious.</def> "The cause of your <i>abrupt</i> departure."

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Having sudden transitions from one subject to another; unconnected.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>abrupt</b> style, which hath many breaches. <i>B. Jonson.</i></blockquote>

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<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Suddenly terminating, as if cut off.</def>

<i>Gray.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- Sudden; unexpected; hasty; rough; curt; unceremonious; rugged; blunt; disconnected; broken.</syn>

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<hw>Ab*rupt"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>abruptum</ets>.]</ety> <def>An abrupt place.</def> <mark>[Poetic]</mark> <blockquote>"Over the vast <i>abrupt</i>." <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Ab*rupt"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To tear off or asunder.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Till death <i>abrupts</i> them."

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

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<hw>Ab*rup"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>abruptio</ets>, fr. <ets>abrumpere</ets>: cf. F. <ets>abruption</ets>.]</ety> <def>A sudden breaking off; a violent separation of bodies.</def>

<i>Woodward.</i>

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<hw>Ab*rupt"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>In an abrupt manner; without giving notice, or without the usual forms; suddenly.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Precipitously.</def>