ABELE, a-b[=e]l', _n._ the white poplar-tree. [Dut. _abeel_; O. Fr. _abel_,
_aubel_--Late L. _albellus_, _albus_, white.]
ABERDEVINE, ab-[.e]r-de-v[=i]n', _n._ a bird-fancier's name for the siskin.
[Ety. uncertain; prob. a fanciful coinage.]
ABERRATE, ab'[.e]r-r[=a]t, _v.i._ to wander or deviate from the right
way:--_pr.p._ ab'err[=a]ting; _pa.p._ ab'err[=a]ted.--_ns._ ABER'RANCE,
ABER'RANCY (_rare forms_).--_adj._ ABER'RANT (_zool._ and _bot._),
wandering, deviating in some particulars from its group.--_n._
ABERR[=A]'TION, a wandering from the right path: deviation from truth or
rectitude: in science, deviation from the type: abnormal structure or
development.--ABERRATION OF LIGHT, an apparent alteration in the place of a
star, arising from the motion of the earth in its orbit, combined with the
progressive passage of light. [L. _aberr[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_ab_, from,
_err[=a]re_, to wander.]
ABET, a-bet', _v.t._ to incite by encouragement or aid (used chiefly in a
bad sense):--_pr.p._ abet'ting; _pa.p._ abet'ted.--_ns._ ABET'MENT;
ABET'TER, ABET'TOR, one who abets. [O. Fr. _abeter_--_à_ (--L. _ad_, to),
and _beter_, to bait, from root of BAIT.]
ABEYANCE, a-b[=a]'ans, _n._ a state of suspension or expectation: temporary
inactivity--also ABEY'ANCY.--The _v._ to ABEY is rare. [Fr.--_à_ (--L.
_ad_, to), and _bayer_, to gape in expectation, from imitative root _ba_,
to gape.]
ABHOMINABLE, an earlier spelling of ABOMINABLE.
ABHOR, ab-hor', _v.t._ to shrink from with horror: to detest: to
loathe:--_pr.p._ abhor'ring; _pa.p._ abhorred'.--_ns._ ABHOR'RENCE, extreme
hatred; (_obs._) ABHOR'RENCY.--_adj._ ABHOR'RENT, detesting; repugnant
(with _of_).--_ns._ ABHOR'RER, one who abhors; ABHOR'RING (_B._ and
_Shak._), object of abhorrence. [L. _abhorr[=e]re_, from _ab_, from, and
_horr[=e]re_. See HORROR.]
ABIB, [=a]'bib, _n._ the first month of the Jewish ecclesiastical, the
seventh of the civil year, later called Nisan, answering to parts of March
and April. [Heb., 'an ear of corn'--_[=a]bab_, to produce early fruit.]
ABIDE, a-b[=i]d', _v.t._ to bide or wait for: to endure: to
tolerate.--_v.i._ to remain in a place, dwell or stay:--_pa.t._ and _pa.p._
ab[=o]de'.--_n._ ABID'ANCE.--_adj._ ABID'ING, continual.--_n._ an
enduring.--_adv._ ABID'INGLY. [A.S. _ábídan_--pfx. _á-_ (= Goth. _us_ =
Ger. _er_), and _bídan_, to wait.]
ABIDE, a-b[=i]d', _v.t._ (_Shak._ and _Milton_) to redeem, pay the penalty
for, suffer. [M. E. _abyen_, confounded with ABIDE. See ABY.]
ABIES, ab'i-ez, _n._ the silver-fir.--_adj._ ABIET'IC, pertaining to trees
of the genus Abies. [L.]