Defn: To renounce. [Obs.] "They abrenounce and cast them off."
Latimer.
ABRENUNCIATION
Ab`re*nun`ci*a"tion, n. Etym: [LL. abrenuntiatio. See Abrenounce.]
Defn: Absolute renunciation or repudiation. [Obs.] An abrenunciation of that truth which he so long had professed, and still believed. Fuller.
ABREPTION Ab*rep"tion, n. Etym: [L. abreptus, p. p. of abripere to snatch away; ab + rapere to snatch.]
Defn: A snatching away. [Obs.]
ABREUVOIR
A`breu`voir", n. Etym: [F., a watering place.] (Masonry)
Defn: The joint or interstice between stones, to be filled with mortar. Gwilt.
ABRICOCK
A"bri*cock, n.
Defn: See Apricot. [Obs.]
ABRIDGE
A*bridge", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Abridged; p. pr. & vb. n. Abridging.]
Etym: [OE. abregen, OF. abregier, F. abréger, fr. L. abbreviare; ad +
brevis short. See Brief and cf. Abbreviate.]