Part 8

<h1>Abandum</h1> <Xpage=2>

<hw>A*ban"*dum</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. See <er>Abandon</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Anything forfeited or confiscated.</def>

<h1>Abanet</h1> <Xpage=2>

<hw>Ab"a*net</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Abnet</er>.</def>

<h1>Abanga</h1> <Xpage=2>

<hw>A*ban"ga</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Name given by the negroes in the island of St. Thomas.]</ety> <def>A West Indian palm; also the fruit of this palm, the seeds of which are used as a remedy for diseases of the chest.</def>

<h1>Abannation, Abannition</h1> <Xpage=2>

<hw><hw>Ab`an*na"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>Ab`an*nition</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>abannatio</ets>; <ets>ad</ets> + LL. bannire to banish.]</ety> <fld>(Old Law)</fld> <def>Banishment.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bailey.</i>

<h1>Abarticulation</h1> <Xpage=2>

<hw>Ab`ar*tic`u*la"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ab</ets> + E. <ets>articulation</ets> : cf. F. abarticulation. See <er>Article</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Articulation, usually that kind of articulation which admits of free motion in the joint; diarthrosis.</def>

<i>Coxe.</i>

<h1>Abase</h1> <Xpage=2>

<hw>A*base"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v.t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp.&p.p.</tt> <er>Abased</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p.pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Abasing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. abaisser, LL. <ets>abassare</ets>, <ets>abbassare</ets> ; <ets>ad + bassare</ets>, fr. <ets>bassus</ets> low. See <er>Base</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To lower or depress; to throw or cast down; <as>as, to <ex>abase</ex> the eye</as>.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<blockquote>Saying so, he <b>abased</b> his lance. <i>Shelton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To cast down or reduce low or lower, as in rank, office, condition in life, or estimation of worthiness; to depress; to humble; to degrade.</def>

<blockquote>Whosoever exalteth himself shall be <b>abased</b>. <i>Luke xiv. ll.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To <er>Abase</er>, <er>Debase</er>, <er>Degrade</er>. These words agree in the idea of bringing down from a higher to a lower state. <i>Abase</i> has reference to a bringing down in condition or feelings; as to <i>abase</i> one's self before God. <i>Debase</i> has reference to the bringing down of a thing in purity, or <i>making it base</i>. It is, therefore, always used in a bad sense, as, to <i>debase</i> the coin of the kingdom, to <i>debase</i> the mind by vicious indulgence, to <i>debase</i> one's style by coarse or vulgar expressions. <i>Degrade</i> has reference to a bringing down from some higher <i>grade</i> or from some standard. Thus, a priest is <i>degraded</i> from the clerical office. When used in a moral sense, it denotes a bringing down in character and just estimation; as, <i>degraded</i> by intemperance, a <i>degrading</i> employment, etc. "Art is <i>degraded</i> when it is regarded only as a trade."</syn>

<h1>Abased</h1> <Xpage=2>

<hw>A*based"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Lowered; humbled.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <ety>[F. <ets>abaiss\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>Borne lower than usual, as a fess; also, having the ends of the wings turned downward towards the point of the shield.</def>

<h1>Abasedly</h1> <Xpage=2>

<hw>A*bas"ed*ly</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Abjectly; downcastly.</def>

<h1>Abasement</h1> <Xpage=2>

<hw>A*base"ment</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>abaissement</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low; the state of being abased or humbled; humiliation.</def>

<h1>Abaser</h1> <Xpage=2>