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abuse
v. t. [F. abuser; L. abusus, p. p. of abuti to abuse, misuse; ab + uti to use. See Use.]1. 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. ()
This principle (if one may so abuse the word) shoots rapidly into popularity. (Froude.)
2. 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. ()
3. To revile; to reproach coarsely; to disparage. ()
The . . . tellers of news abused the general. (Macaulay.)
4. To dishonor. (Shak.)
5. To violate; to ravish. (Spenser.)
6. To deceive; to impose on. ()
Their eyes red and staring, cozened with a moist cloud, and abused by a double object. (Jer. Taylor.)
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n. [F. abus, L. abusus, fr. abuti. See Abuse, v. t.]1. 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. ()
Liberty may be endangered by the abuses of liberty, as well as by the abuses of power. (Madison.)
2. Physical ill treatment; injury. (Shak.)
3. A corrupt practice or custom; offense; crime; fault; as, the abuses in the civil service. ()
Abuse after disappeared without a struggle.. (Macaulay.)
4. Vituperative words; coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; virulent condemnation; reviling. ()
The two parties, after exchanging a good deal of abuse, came to blows. (Macaulay.)
5. Violation; rape; as, abuse of a female child. ()
Or is it some abuse, and no such thing? (Shak.)
Abuse of distress (Law), a wrongful using of an animal or chattel distrained, by the distrainer. ()
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