A dictionary of the English language: in which the words are deduced from their originals, and illustrated in their different significations by examples from the best writers : to which are prefixed a history of the language, and an English grammar (Volume 1).

  • Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.
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1819
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    Deep in a cave the Sibyl makes abode; Thence full of fate returns, and of the God. Dryd. JEn. 6. ^oAbo'dE) a-bo'de. v. a. [See Bode.] To foretoken or foreshow; to be a prog- nostick, to be ominous. It is taken, with its derivatives, in the sense either of good or ill. Every man, After the hideous storm that follow'd, was A thing inspir'd; and, not consulting, broke Into a general prophecy, that this tempest, Dashing the garment of this peace, aboded The sudden breach of it. Shakspeare's Henry VIII. Abo'bemknt, a-bode'm&it. n. s. [from To abode.'] A secret anticipation of some- thing future; an impression upon the mind of some event to come; prognos- tication; omen. I like not this. For many men that stumble at the threshold, Are well foretold that danger lurks within.— —Tush! man, abodements must not now affright us. Shakspeare's Henry VI. p. iii. My lord bishop asked him, Whether he had never any secret abodement in his mind? No, replied the duke; but I think some adventure may kill me as well as another man. Wotton. To ABO'LISH, a-bol'lish. v. a. [aboleo, Lat.] 1. To annul; to make void. Applied to laws or institutions. For us to abolish what he hath established, were presumption most intolerable. Hooker, b. iii. § 10. On the parliament's part it was proposed, that all the bishops, deans, and chapters, might be im- mediately taken away, and abolished. Clarendon, b. viii. 2. To put an end to, to destroy. The long continued wars, between the English and the Scots, had then raised invincible jealousies and hate, which long continued peace hath since abolish- ed. Sir John Hayward. That shall Perocles well requite, I wot, And, with thy blood, abolish so reproachful blot. Fairy Queen. More destroy'd than they, We should be quite abolished, and expire. Milton. Or wilt thou thyself Abolish thy creation, and unmake For him, what for thy glory thou hast made? Milton, b. iii. /. 163. Nor could Vulcanian flame The stench abolish, or the savour tame. Dryd. Virg. Geo. iii. Fermented spirits contract, harden, and conso- lidate many fibres together, abolishing many canals; especially where the fibres are the teuderest, as in the brain. Arbuth. on Aliments. Abo'lishable, a-bol'ilsh-a-bl. adj [from abolish.'] That which may be abolished. Abo'lisher, a-bol'Hsh-ur.91 n. s. [from abolish.] He that abolishes. Abo'lishment, a-bol'lish-ment. n. a. [from aboli.ih.] The act of abolishing. The plain and direct way had been to prove, that all such ceremonies, as they required to be abolished, are retained by us with the hurt of the church, or with less benefit than the abolishment of them would bring. Hooker, h. iv. He should think the abolishment of episcopacy among us, would prove a mighty scandal and cor- ruption to our faith, and manifestly dangerous to our monarchy. Swiffs Church of England Man. AboLi'tion, a-bo-lish'un.541 n. s [from abolish.] The act of abolishing. This is now more frequently used than abolish- ment. From the total abolition of the popular power, may be dated the ruin of Rome: for had the redu- cing hereof to its ancient condition, proposed by Agrippa, been accepted instead of Maecenas's mo- del, that state might have continued unto this day. Grexo's Cosmologia Sacra, b. iii. c. 4. An apoplexy is a sudden abolition of all the senses, and of all voluntary motion, by the stoppage of the flux and reflux of the animal spirits through the nerves destined for those motions. Arbuthnot on Diet. Abo'minable, a-bom'6-na-bl. adj. [abo- minabilis, Lai .J 1. Hateful, detestable; to be loathed. This infernal pit Abominable, accurs'd, the house of woe. Milton. The queen and ministry might easily redress this abominable grievance, by endeavouring to choose men of virtuous principles. Swift's Project for the Advancement of Religion. 2. Unclean. The soul that shall touch any unclean beast, or any abominable unclean thing, even that soul shall be cut off from his people. Leviticus, vii. 21. 3. In low and ludicrous language, it is a word of loose and indeterminate censure. They say you are a melancholy fellow.—I am so; I do love it better than laughing.—Those that are in extremity of either, are abominable fellows, and betray themselves to every modern censure, worse than drunkards. Shakspeare's As you like it. Abo'minableness, a-bom'e-na-bl-ness. n. s. [from abominable^] The quality of being abominable; hatefulness, odioiis- ness. Till we have proved, in its proper place, the eter- nal and essential difference between virtue and vice, we must forbear to urge atheists with the corruption and abominableness of their principles. Bcntley's Sennons. Abo'minably,a-bom'e-na-ble. adv.[irom abominable^] A word of low or familiar language, signifying excessively, ex- tremely, exceedingly; in at: ill sense. It is not often seriously used. I have observed great abuses and disorders in your family; your servants are mutinous and quarrelsome, and cheat you most abominably. Arbuthnot To ABO'MINATE, a-bom'e-nate. v. a. [abominor, Lat] To abhor, detest, hate utterly. Pride goes, hated, cursed, and abominated by all. Hammond. We are not guilty of your injuries, No way consent to them; but do abhor, Abominate, and loath this cruelty. Southern's Oroonoko. He professed both to abominate and despise all mystery, refinement, and intrigue, either in a prince or minister. Swift. Abomina'tion, a-bom-e-na'smin. n. a. 1. Hatred, detestation. To assist king Charles by English or Dutch forces, would render him odious to his new subjects, who have nothing in so great abomination, as those whom they hold for heretics. Swift. 2. The object of hatred. Every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyp- tians. Genesis, xlvi. 34. Pollution, defilement. And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomina- tion, or maketh a lie. Rev. xxi. 27. 4. Wickedness; hateful or shameful vice Th' adulterous Antony, most large In his abominations, tunis you oil', And gives his potent regiment to a trull, That noses it against us. Shaksp. Antony and Cleopatra. 5. The cause cl pollution And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of cor- ruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had budd- ed for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Amnion, did the king defile. 2 Kings, xxiii. 13. ABORI'GIJVES, ab-6-ridge'e-r.ez. n. s. [Lat.] The earliest inhabitants of a coun- try; those of whom no original is to be traced; as, the Welsh in Britain. To ABO'RT, a-bort'. v. n. [aborto, Lat.] To bring forth before the time; to mis- carry. Diet. Abo'rtion, a-bor'shun. n. s. [abortio, Lat.] 1. The act of bringing forth un- timely. These then need cause no abortion. Sandys. 2. The produce of an untimely birth. His wife miscarried; but, as the abortion proved only a female foetus, he comforted himself. Arbuthnot and Pope's Murtinus Scribleru?. Behold my arm thus blasted, diy and wither'd, Shrunk like a foul abortion, and decay'd, Like some untimely product of the seasons. Roioe. Abo'rtive, a-bor'tiv.157 n. s. That which is born before the due time. Perhaps am ciently any thing irregularly produced. No common wind, no customed event, But they will pluck away its nat'ral causes, And call them meteors, prodigies, and signs, Abortives, and presages, tongues of heav'n, Plainly denouncing vengeance upon John. Shaksp. King John. Take the fine skin of an abortive, and, with starch thin laid on, prepare your ground or tablet. Peacham on Drawing. Many are preserved, and do signal service to their country, who, without a provision, might have per- ished as abortives, or have come to an untimely end, and perhaps have brought, upon their guilty parents^ the like destruction. Addison. Guardian, No 106. Abo'rtive, a-bor'-tiv. adj. [abortivus* Lat.] L 1. That which is brought forth before the due time of birth. If ever he have child, abortive be it, Prodigious, and untimely brought to light. Shaksp. Richard III All th' unaccomplished works of nature's hand, Abortive, monstrous, or unkindly mix'd, Dissolv'd on earth, fleet hither. Milton's Paradise Lost, b. iii. I. 456. Nor will his fruit expect Th' autumnal season, but, in summer's pride When other orchards smile, abortive fail. Phillips 2. Figuratively, that which fails for want of time. How often hast thou waited at my cup, Remember it, and let it make thee crcst-faln; Ay, and allay this thy abortive pride. Shaksp. Henry VI. p. ii. That which brings forth nothing. The void profound Of unessential night receives him next, Wide-gaping; and' with utter loss of be'ino; Threatens him, plung'd in that abortive gulf. Milton's Paradise Lost, b'. ii. /. 451. That which fails or miscarries, from whatever cause. This is less proper. Many politic conceptions, so claboi-atcly formed and wrought, and grown at length ripe for delivery, do yet, in the issue, miscarry and prove abortive. South's Sennons Abo'rtively, a-bor'tiv-le. adv. [from abortive.] Born without the due time- immature!}-, untimely. Abo'rtiyeness, a-bor'tiv-ness n.s.[fr0m abortive.] The state of abortion.