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ABACTOR, n.s. [Latin.] One who drives away or steals cattle in herds, or great numbers at once; in distinction from those that steal only a sheep or two. Blount. ... [p. 3] A,B,C. 1. The alphabet: as, he has not learned his a, b, c. 2. The little book by which the elements of reading are taught. Then comes question like an a,b,c book. Shakespeare. To ABDICATE. v.a. [Lat. abdico.] To give up right; to resign; to lay down an office. Old Saturn, here, with upcast eyes, Beheld his abdicated skies. Addison.   Google-1   Google-2

Published before 1923

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