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Abject

Abject (abject)
a.((?))
Ab"ject
[L. abjectus, p. p. of abjicere to throw away; ab + jacere to throw. See Jet a shooting forth.]
  1. Cast down; low- lying.
    [Obs.]

    From the safe shore their floating carcasses
    And broken chariot wheels; so thick bestrown
    Abject and lost lay these, covering the flood.
    Milton.

  2. Sunk to a law condition; down in spirit or hope; degraded; servile; groveling; despicable; as, abject posture, fortune, thoughts.
    "Base and abject flatterers." Addison. "An abject liar." Macaulay.

    And banish hence these abject, lowly dreams.
    Shak.

    Syn. -- Mean; groveling; cringing; mean-spirited; slavish; ignoble; worthless; vile; beggarly; contemptible; degraded.

Abject

Abject (abject)
v. t.((?))
Ab*ject"
[From Abject, a.]
  1. To cast off or down; hence, to abase; to degrade; to lower; to debase.
    [Obs.] Donne.

Abject

Abject (abject)
n.((?))
Ab"ject
  1. A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; a castaway.
    [Obs.]

    Shall these abjects, these victims, these outcasts, know any thing of pleasure?
    I. Taylor.













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