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Webster 1913 Edition
Abject
Ab-ject′
(ăb-jĕkt′)
, Verb.
T.
[From ]
Abject
, Adj.
To cast off or down; hence, to abase; to degrade; to lower; to debase.
[Obs.]
Donne.
Ab′ject
(ăb′jĕkt)
, Noun.
A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; a castaway.
[Obs.]
Shall these
abjects
, these victims, these outcasts, know any thing of pleasure? I. Taylor.
Webster 1828 Edition
Abject
ABJECT'
,Verb.
T.