abo lit ionize (abolishoniz)

t.; pret. and pp. abolition i zed, ppr. abolition i zing. To imbue with the doctrines or principles of aboli tionists. abolla (a-bol'a), n.; pl. abollæ (-ē). [L., Gr. ἀμβολή, contracted form of ἀναβολή, a cloak, throw. The Gr. form ἀβόλλα was in turn borrowed from the Latin.] In Rom. antiq., a loose woolen cloak. Its precise form is not known; it differed from the toga, and was worn especially by soldiers; perhaps on this account, it was adopted by Stoic philosophers, who affected great austerity of life, whence Juvenal's expre ion facinus major is abollæ, a crime of a deep philosopher. aboma (a-bō'mä), n. [ aboma is identified with the Epic rates cenchris, mi pelled Epic rat is cenchria, after the Penny Cyc., 1836. This is a species called by Sclater the thick-necked tree boa. A Venezuelan species is known as the brown aboma, Epic rates maurus. Some such serpent is also called the ringed boa, Boa aboma. In any case, the aboma is a near relative of the anaconda, Eunectes murinus, and of the common boa, Boa constrictor. Compare boa and bom. The huilia or aboma to be the ser pent worshipped by the ancient Mexicans. It is of gig an: tic size. S. G. Good rich, Johnson's Nat. Hist., II. 406. abomasum (ab-ō-ma's um), n.; pl. abomasa (-s). [NL., Same as abomasum . abominable (a-bom'i-na-bl), a . [ abomi- nable, abhominable , abominable = Pr. ab- hom enable = Sp. abominable = Pg. abominavel = It. abominabile , abominabilis , deserving abhorrence, abominari , abhor, deprecate as an ill omen: see abominate . For the old spell- ing abhominable , see that form.] Deserving or liable to be abominated; detestable; loath- some; odious to the mind; offensive to the senses. In colloquial language especially, abominable often means little more than exce ive, extreme, very dis- agreeable: as, his self-conceit is abominable . This infernal pit Abominable , accursed, the house of woe. Milton , P. L., x. 464. The captain was convicted of the murder of a cabin-boy, after a long course of abominable ill-treatment. H. N. Oxenham , Short Studies, p. 54. =Syn. Execrable, Horrible, etc. (see nefarious ), detestable, loathsome, hateful, shocking, horrid, revolting, intolerable. See list under detestable.