Defn: See Catharsis, below.
ABREAST
A*breast", adv. Etym: [Pref. a- + breast.]
1. Side by side, with breasts in a line; as, "Two men could hardly walk abreast." Macaulay.
2. (Naut.)
Defn: Side by side; also, opposite; over against; on a line with the vessel's beam; — with of.
3. Up to a certain level or line; equally advanced; as, to keep abreast of [or with] the present state of science.
4. At the same time; simultaneously. [Obs.] Abreast therewith began a convocation. Fuller.
ABREGGE
A*breg"ge, v. t.
Defn: See Abridge. [Obs.]
ABRENOUNCE
Ab`re*nounce", v. t. Etym: [L. abrenuntiare; ab + renuntiare. See
Renounce.]