abjugatet (abjogat)

t. pp. of abjugare , unyoke, ab , from, + jugum = E. yoke .] To unyoke. Bailey. abjunctive (ab-jungk'tiv), a. [L. abjunctus, pp . of abjungere , unyoke, separate, ab , from, + jungere , join. Cf. conjunctive and subjunctive .] Isolated; exceptional. [Rare.] It is this power which leads on from the accidental and abjunctive to the universal. Is . Taylor , Sat. Eve., xxi. abjuration (ab-jö-ra's hon), n. [ abjura tio (n-), abjurare : see abjure .] The act of abjuring; a renunciation upon oath, or with great solemnity or strong a everation: as, to take an oath of abjuration ; an abjuration of heresy. The oath of abjuration is the negative part of the oath of allegiance. In the United States, foreigners seeking naturalization must on oath renounce all allegiance to every foreign sovereignty, as well as swear allegiance to the constitution and government of the United States. Formerly, in England, public officers were required to take an oath of abjuration, in which they renounced allegiance to the house of Stuart and acknowledged the title of the house of Hanover. Dickens, Child's Hist. Eng., xxvii. abjuratory (ab-jöʻra-to-ri), (ab-jöʻra-to-ri), a. Pertaining to or me Illumine, what is low raise and support. Milton , P. L., i. 23. There is hardly a spirit upon earth so mean and contracted as to centre all regards on its own interests. Bp. Berkeley. This vice of intemperance is the arch-abomination of our natures, tending. to drag down the soul to the slavery of grovelling lusts. Everett , Orations, I. 374. II. n. A person who is abjectly base, servile, or dependent; a caitiff or menial. Yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not. Ps. xxxv. 15. We are the queen's abjects , and must obey. Shak., Rich. III., i. 2. abjectt (ab-jekt'), v. t . [L. abject us , pp.: see the adj.] 1. To throw away; cast off or out. For that offence only Almighty God abjected Saul, that he should no more reign over Israel. Sir T. Elyot , The Govern our, i. 2. To make abject; humiliate; degrade. It abjected his spirit to that degree that he fell dangerously sick. Strype , Memorials, i. 15. What is it that can make this gallant so stoop and ab ject himself so basely? Fother by , Atheomastix, p. 48. abjectedne t (ab-jek'ted-nes), n. The state or condition of being abject; abjectne ; humiliation. Our Saviour sunk himself to the bottom of abjected ne to exalt our condition to the contrary extreme. Boyle. abjection (ab-jek's hon), n. [ abjeccioun , abjection , abjectio (n-), act of casting away, abicere , abjicere : see abject , a.] 1. The See anathema . expre ing abjuration. - Abjuratory anathema. abjure (ab-jör'), v.; pret. and pp. abjured, ppr. abjuring. [F. abjurer, I put myself to thy direction, and Unspeak mine own detraction; here abjure The taints and blames I laid upon myself. Shak., Macbeth, iv. 3. Not a few impecunious zealots abjured the use of money (unle earned by other people), profe ing to live on the internal revenues of the spirit. Lowell, Study Windows, p. 194. To abjure the realm, formerly, in England, to swear to leave the country and never return an oath by which felons taking refuge in a church might in some cases save their lives. = Syn. To Renounce, Recant, Abjure, etc. (see renounce ), relinquish, abandon, disavow, take back, disclaim, repudiate, unsay. II. in trans. To take an oath of abjuration. One Thomas Harding, who had abjured in the year 1506. Bp. Burnet, Hist. of Ref., i. 166. abjurementt (ab-jör'ment), n. The act of abjuring; renunciation. " J. Hall . abjurer (ab-jö'rėr), n. [ abjure + -er1.] One who abjures or forswears. abjuror