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of Mel. (To the Reader), I. 86. 41. To put away or expel; banish; renounce the authority of; dethrone; degrade. Scaliger would needs turn down Homer, and abdicate him after the po e ion of three you sand years. Dryden, Pref. to Third Misc. =Syn. 1. To resign, renounce, give up, quit, vacate, redon, v.) linquish, lay down, abandon, desert. (See list under aban