A primer for teaching the alphabet and first elements of reading.
The simplest rudiments of any subject; as, the A B C of finance.
n.
A religious devotee or dervish in Persia.
a.
Given to laughter; inclined to foolish or incessant merriment.
n.
An inhabitant of Abdera, in Thrace.
n.
Purification by washing the hands before prayer; -- a Mohammedan rite.
a.
Capable of being abdicated.
a.
Abdicating; renouncing; -- followed by of.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Abdicate
v. t.
To surrender or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; as, to abdicate the throne, the crown, the papacy.
v. t.
To renounce; to relinquish; -- said of authority, a trust, duty, right, etc.
v. t.
To reject; to cast off.
v. t.
To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit.
v. i.
To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity.
n.
The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder; commonly the voluntary renunciation of sovereign power; as, abdication of the throne, government, power, authority.
a.
Causing, or implying, abdication.
a.
Having the quality of hiding.