Abuna :: Abuna (n.) The Patriarch, or head of the Abyssinian Church..
Abundance :: Abundance (n.) An overflowing fullness; ample sufficiency; great plenty; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; wealth: -- strictly applicable to quantity only, but sometimes used of number..
Abundant :: Abundant (a.) Fully sufficient; plentiful; in copious supply; -- followed by in, rarely by with..
Abundantly :: Abundantly (adv.) In a sufficient degree; fully; amply; plentifully; in large measure.
Abuse :: Abuse (v. t.) To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to misuse; to put to a bad use; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert; as, to abuse inherited gold; to make an excessive use of; as, to abuse one's authority..
Abuse :: Abuse (v. t.) To use ill; to maltreat; to act injuriously to; to punish or to tax excessively; to hurt; as, to abuse prisoners, to abuse one's powers, one's patience..
Abuse :: Abuse (v. t.) To revile; to reproach coarsely; to disparage.
Abuse :: Abuse (v. t.) Improper treatment or use; application to a wrong or bad purpose; misuse; as, an abuse of our natural powers; an abuse of civil rights, or of privileges or advantages; an abuse of language..
Abusive :: Abusive (a.) Given to misusing; also, full of abuses..
Abusive :: Abusive (a.) Practicing abuse; prone to ill treat by coarse, insulting words or by other ill usage; as, an abusive author; an abusive fellow..
Abusive :: Abusive (a.) Containing abuse, or serving as the instrument of abuse; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous..
Abusive :: Abusive (a.) Tending to deceive; fraudulent; cheating.
Abusively :: Abusively (adv.) In an abusive manner; rudely; with abusive language.
Abusiveness :: Abusiveness (n.) The quality of being abusive; rudeness of language, or violence to the person..