Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1st 100 Pages). Noah Webster
(#), adv. & a. [Pref. aÏ + blaze.] 1. On fire; in a blaze, gleaming.
Milman.
All ablaze with crimson and gold.
Longfellow.
2. In a state of glowing excitement or ardent desire.
The young Cambridge democrats were all ablaze to assist Torrijos.
Carlyle.
A¶ble (#), a. [Comp. Abler (#); superl. Ablest (#).] [OF. habile, L. habilis that may be easily held or managed, apt, skillful, fr. habere to have, hold. Cf. Habile and see Habit.] 1. Fit; adapted; suitable. [Obs.]
A many man, to ben an abbot able.
Chaucer.
2. Having sufficient power, strength, force, skill, means, or resources of any kind to accomplish the object; possessed of qualifications rendering competent for some end; competent; qualified; capable; as, an able workman, soldier, seaman, a man able to work; a mind able to reason; a person able to be generous; able to endure pain; able to play on a piano.
3. Specially: Having intellectual qualifications, or strong mental powers; showing ability or skill; talented; clever; powerful; as, the ablest man in the senate; an able speech.
No man wrote abler state papers.
Macaulay.
4. (Law) Legally qualified; possessed of legal competence; as, able to inherit or devise property.
Able for, is Scotticism. ½Hardly able for such a march.¸
Robertson.
Syn. Ð Competent; qualified; fitted; efficient; effective; capable; skillful; clever; vigorous; powerful.
A¶ble, v. t. [See Able, a.] [Obs.] 1. To make able; to enable; to strengthen.
Chaucer.
2. To vouch for. ½I 'll able them.¸
Shak.
ÏaÏble (#). [F. Ïable, L. Ïabilis.] An adjective suffix now usually in a passive sense; able to be; fit to be; expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense; as, movable, able to be moved; amendable, able to be amended; blamable, fit to be blamed; salable.
The form Ïible is used in the same sense.
µ It is difficult to say when we are not to use Ïable instead of Ïible. ½Yet a rule may be laid down as to when we are to use it. To all verbs, then, from the AngloÐSaxon, to all based on the uncorrupted infinitival stems of Latin verbs of the first conjugation, and to all substantives, whencesoever sprung, we annex Ïable only.¸
Fitzed. Hall.
A·bleÐbod¶ied (#), a. Having a sound, strong body; physically competent; robust. ½AbleÐbodied vagrant.¸ Froude. Ð A·bleÐbod¶iedÏness, n.
Ab¶leÏgate (#), v. t. [L. ablegatus, p. p. of ablegare; ab + legare to send with a commission. See Legate.] To send abroad. [Obs.]
Bailey.
Ab¶leÏgate (#), n. (R. C. Ch.) A representative of the pope charged with important commissions in foreign countries, one of his duties being to bring to a newly named cardinal his insignia of office.
Ab·leÏga¶tion (#), n. [L. ablegatio.] The act of sending abroad. [Obs.]
Jer. Taylor.
A·bleÐmind¶ed (#), a. Having much intellectual power. Ð A·bleÐmind¶edÏness, n.
A¶bleÏness (#), n. Ability of body or mind; force; vigor. [Obs. or R.]
Ab¶lepÏsy (#), n. [Gr. ?; ? priv. + ? to see.] Blindness. [R.]
Urquhart.
A¶bler (#), a., comp. of Able. Ð A¶blest (#), a., superl. of Able.
Ab¶let (#), Ab¶len ] [F. ablet, ablette, a dim. fr. LL. abula, for albula, dim. of albus white. Cf. Abele.] (Zo”l.) A small freshÐwater fish (Leuciscus alburnus); the bleak.
Ab¶liÏgate (#), v. t. [L. ab + ligatus, p. p. of ligare to tie.] To tie up so as to hinder from. [Obs.]
AbÏlig·uÏri¶tion (?), n. [L. abligurito, fr. abligurire to spend in luxurious indulgence; ab + ligurire to be lickerish, dainty, fr. lingere to lick.] Prodigal expense for food. [Obs.]
Bailey.
A¶blins (#), adv. [See Able.] Perhaps. [Scot.]
AÏbloom¶ (#), adv. [Pref. aÏ + bloom.] In or into bloom; in a blooming state.
Masson.
AbÏlude¶ (#), v. t. [L. abludere; ab + ludere to play.] To be unlike; to differ. [Obs.]
Bp. Hall.
Ab¶luÏent (#), a. [L. abluens, p. pr. of. abluere to wash away; ab + luere (lavere, lavare). See Lave.] Washing away; carrying off impurities; detergent. Ð n. (Med.) A detergent.
AÏblush¶ (#), adv. & a. [Pref. aÏ + blush.] Blushing; ruddy.
AbÏlu·tion (#), n. [L. ablutio, fr. abluere: cf. F. ablution. See Abluent.] 1. The act of washing or cleansing; specifically, the washing of the body, or some part of it, as a religious rite.
2. The water used in cleansing. ½Cast the ablutions in the main.¸
Pope.
3. (R. C. Ch.) A small quantity of wine and water, which is used to wash the priest's thumb and index finger after the communion, and which then, as perhaps containing portions of the consecrated elements, is drunk by the priest.
AbÏlu¶tionÏaÏry (#), a. Pertaining to ablution.
AbÏlu¶viÏon (#), n. [LL. abluvio. See Abluent.] That which is washed off. [R.]
Dwight.
A¶bly (#), adv. In an able manner; with great ability; as, ably done, planned, said.
ÏaÏbly (#). A suffix composed of Ïable and the adverbial suffix Ïly; as, favorably.
Ab¶neÏgate (#), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Abnegated; p. pr. & vb. n. Abnegating.] [L. abnegatus,p. p. of abnegare; ab + negare to deny. See Deny.] To deny and reject; to abjure.
Sir E. Sandys. Farrar.
Ab·neÏga¶tion (#), n. [L. abnegatio: cf. F. abn‚gation.] a denial; a renunciation.
With abnegation of God, of his honor, and of religion, they may retain the friendship of the court.
Knox.
Ab¶neÏgaÏtive (#), a. [L. abnegativus.] Denying; renouncing; negative. [R.]
Clarke.
Ab¶neÐga·tor (#), n. [L.] One who abnegates, denies, or rejects anything. [R.]
Ø Ab¶net (#), n. [Heb.] The girdle of a Jewish priest or officer.
Ab¶noÏdate (#), v. t. [L. abnodatus, p. p. of abnodare; ab + nodus knot.] To clear (tress) from knots. [R.]
Blount.
Ab·noÏda¶tion (#), n. The act of cutting away the knots of trees. [R.]
Crabb.
AbÏnor¶mal (#), a. [For earlier anormal.F. anormal, LL. anormalus for anomalus, Gr. ?. Confused with L. abnormis. See Anomalous, Abnormous, Anormal.] Not conformed to rule or system; deviating from the type; anomalous; irregular. ½That deviating from the type; anomalous; irregular. ¸
Froude.
Ab·norÏmal¶iÏty (#), n.; pl. Abnormalities (#). 1. The state or quality of being abnormal; variation; irregularity.
Darwin.
2. Something abnormal.
AbÏnor¶malÏly (#), adv. In an abnormal manner; irregularly.
Darwin.
AbÏnor¶miÏty (#), n.; pl. Abnormities (#). [LL. abnormitas. See Abnormous.] Departure from the ordinary type; irregularity; monstrosity. ½An abnormity … like a calf born with two heads.¸
Mrs. Whitney.
AbÏnor¶mous (#), a. [L. abnormis;