Chapter Abominate to Abutment of A by Soule's Synonymes

2. Consume, exhaust, destroy, engorge, devour, engulf, swallow up.

3. Engross, engage, immerse, occupy, arrest, fix, rivet.

Absorbent, a. Absorbing, imbibing.

Absorption, n.

1. Absorbing. See absorb, 1 and 2.

2. Engrossment, occupation, engagement, immersion.

Abstain, v. n. Refrain, forbear, desist, deny one’s self, hold or keep one’s self back, stay one’s hand, keep one’s self from indulgence.

Abstemious, a. Abstinent (by habit), sober, moderate, habitually temperate, sparing in diet See abstinent.

Abstemiousness, n. Temperance (as a habit), abstinence.

Abstergent, a. (Med.) Cleansing, purifying, purgative, cathartic.

Abstinence, n.

1. Abstaining, refraining, keeping aloof, avoidance.

2. Abstemiousness, soberness, temperance, moderation, non-indulgence, self-restraint, self-denial.

Abstinent, a.

1. Abstaining, fasting.

2. Abstemious, sober, temperate, self-restraining, self-denying, not indulgent of appetites.

Abstract, v. a.

1. Separate, disunite, disjoin, dissociate, isolate, detach, disengage, take out of context, take out of its proper whole, view partially, view one-sidedly, regard without reference to relations, consider in bare thought, think without the definiteness of sense-perception, think vaguely.

2. Take, seize, appropriate, steal, purloin.

3. Abridge, abbreviate, epitomize, make an abstract of, outline, make synopsis of.

Abstract, a.

1. Separate, isolated, not concrete, out of context, unrelated, simple, by itself, per se.