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Definition of abuse

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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..

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Disabused :: Disabused (imp. & p. p.) of Disabus.

Abuse :: Abuse (v. t.) To dishonor.

Inveigh :: Inveigh (v. i.) To declaim or rail (against some person or thing); to utter censorious and bitter language; to attack with harsh criticism or reproach, either spoken or written; to use invectives; -- with against; as, to inveigh against character, conduct, manners, customs, morals, a law, an abuse..

Abuse :: Abuse (v. t.) Violation; rape; as, abuse of a female child..

Violate :: Violate (v. t.) To treat in a violent manner; to abuse.

Vituperate :: Vituperate (v. t.) To find fault with; to scold; to overwhelm with wordy abuse; to censure severely or abusively; to rate.

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..

Malign :: Malign (a.) To treat with malice; to show hatred toward; to abuse; to wrong; to injure.

Abuse :: Abuse (v. t.) To deceive; to impose on.

Profane :: Profane (a.) To put to a wrong or unworthy use; to make a base employment of; to debase; to abuse; to defile.

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..

Blackguard :: Blackguard (n.) A person of stained or low character, esp. one who uses scurrilous language, or treats others with foul abuse; a scoundrel; a rough..

Assail :: Assail (v. t.) To attack morally, or with a view to produce changes in the feelings, character, conduct, existing usages, institutions; to attack by words, hostile influence, etc.; as, to assail one with appeals, arguments, abuse, ridicule, and the like..

Blaspheme :: Blaspheme (v.) Figuratively, of persons and things not religiously sacred, but held in high honor: To calumniate; to revile; to abuse..

Dilapidate :: Dilapidate (v. t.) To impair by waste and abuse; to squander.

Scurrilous :: Scurrilous (a.) Containing low indecency or abuse; mean; foul; vile; obscenely jocular; as, scurrilous language..

Clapperclaw :: Clapperclaw (v. t.) To abuse with the tongue; to revile; to scold.

Abusive :: Abusive (a.) Given to misusing; also, full of abuses..

Abuse :: Abuse (v. t.) Physical ill treatment; injury.

Abuse :: Abuse (v. t.) To revile; to reproach coarsely; to disparage.