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3. ab(b)reviāciǒun n.
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abbreviacioun
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(a) Shortness; (b) abridgement (of a story, etc.); an abstract or summary.
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4. abbreviāten v.
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Shorten or abstract (a story, a set of plays, etc.); shorten (a period of time).
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6. abhomināble adj.
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Of a thing, a sight, a disease, an action, etc.: physically loathsome, disgusting, repulsive; abhominable to the stomak, nauseating.
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7. abhomināciǒun n.
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(a) Physical loathing, disgust, nausea; abhominacioun of wlatsomnesse, nausea; haven abhominacioun of, to be disgusted or nauseated by (sth.); abhominacioun of stomak; (b) moral abhorrence; haven……
10. abjecciǒun n.
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(a) Humbleness, lowliness; an abject position; (b) one who is utterly degraded, the lowest (of the lowly).
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12. abjūrāciǒun n.
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Solemn renunciation of heresy or idolatry.
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15. ablaqueāciǒun n.
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Removal of soil from the roots of vines.
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16. ablaqueāten v.
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To expose the roots of (vines).
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18. ablā̆tī̆f, -ī̆ve adj. & n.
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ablative
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(a) The ablative (case) of Latin; a noun or adjective in the ablative case; (b) in a pun (with ref. to L ablātiō a taking away & ablāt-um taken away, stolen): carried off, stolen; ablatif cas, the……