Part 63

<blockquote>His travels were full of <b>absurdities</b>. <i>Johnson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Absurdly</h1> <Xpage=7>

<hw>Ab*surd"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an absurd manner.</def>

<h1>Absurdness</h1> <Xpage=7>

<hw>Ab*surd"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Absurdity.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Abuna</h1> <Xpage=7>

<hw>A*bu"na</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Eth. and Ar., our father.]</ety> <def>The Patriarch, or head of the Abyssinian Church.</def>

<h1>Abundance</h1> <Xpage=7>

<hw>A*bun"dance</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. (<ets>h</ets>)<ets>abudaunce</ets>, <ets>abundance</ets>, F. <ets>abundance</ets>, F. <ets>abondance</ets>, L. <ets>abundantia</ets>, fr. <ets>abundare</ets>. See <er>Abound</er>.]</ety> <def>An overflowing fullness; ample sufficiency; great plenty; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; wealth: -- strictly applicable to quantity only, but sometimes used of number.</def>

<blockquote>It is lamentable to remember what <b>abundance</b> of noble blood hath been shed with small benefit to the Christian state. <i>Raleigh.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Exuberance; plenteousness; plenty; copiousness; overflow; riches; affluence; wealth.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Abundance</er>, <er>Plenty</er>, <er>Exuberance</er>. These words rise upon each other in expressing the idea of fullness. <i>Plenty</i> denotes a sufficiency to supply every want; as, <i>plenty</i> of food, <i>plenty</i> of money, etc. <i>Abundance</i> express more, and gives the idea of superfluity or excess; as, <i>abundance</i> of riches, an <i>abundance</i> of wit and humor; often, however, it only denotes plenty in a high degree. <i>Exuberance</i> rises still higher, and implies a bursting forth on every side, producing great superfluity or redundance; as, an <i>exuberance</i> of mirth, an <i>exuberance</i> of animal spirits, etc.</usage>

<h1>Abundant</h1> <Xpage=7>

<hw>A*bun"dant</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OE. (<ets>h</ets>)<ets>abundant</ets>, <ets>aboundant</ets>, F. <ets>abondant</ets>, fr. L. <ets>abudans</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>abundare</ets>. See <er>Abound</er>.]</ety> <def>Fully sufficient; plentiful; in copious supply; -- followed by <i>in</i>, rarely by <i>with</i>.</def> "<i>Abundant</i> in goodness and truth."

<i>Exod. xxxiv. 6.</i>

<cs><col>Abundant number</col> <fld>(Math.)</fld>, <cd>a number, the sum of whose aliquot parts exceeds the number itself. Thus, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, the aliquot parts of 12, make the number 16. This is opposed to a <i>deficient<i> number, as 14, whose aliquot parts are 1, 2, 7, the sum of which is 10; and to a <i>perfect<i> number, which is equal to the sum of its aliquot parts, as 6, whose aliquot parts are 1, 2., 3.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Ample; plentiful; copious; plenteous; exuberant; overflowing; rich; teeming; profuse; bountiful; liberal. See <er>Ample</er>.</syn>

<h1>Abundantly</h1> <Xpage=7>

<hw>A*bun"dant*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a sufficient degree; fully; amply; plentifully; in large measure.</def>

<h1>Aburst</h1> <Xpage=7>

<hw>A*burst"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>burst</ets>.]</ety> <def>In a bursting condition.</def>

<h1>Abusable</h1> <Xpage=7>

<hw>A*bus"a*ble</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>That may be abused.</def>

<h1>Abusage</h1> <Xpage=7>

<hw>A*bus"age</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Abuse.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Whately (1634).</i>

<h1>Abuse</h1> <Xpage=7>

<hw>A*buse"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Abused</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Abusing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>abuser</ets>; L. <ets>abusus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>abuti</ets> to abuse, misuse; <ets>ab + uti</ets> to use. See <er>Use</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to misuse; to put to a bad use; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert; <as>as, to <ex>abuse</ex> inherited gold</as>; to make an excessive use of; <as>as, to <ex>abuse</ex> one's authority</as>.</def>

<blockquote>This principle (if one may so <b>abuse</b> the word) shoots rapidly into popularity. <i>Froude.</i></blockquote>