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abbreviation (n.)mid-15c., from Middle French abréviation (15c.), from Late Latin abbreviationem (no...

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ABC (n.)\\\"the alphabet,\\\" late 13c., abece. Sense \\\"rudiments or fundamentals (of a subject)\\...

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abdicateabdicate: see indicateabdicate (v.)1540s, \\\"to disown, disinherit (children),\\\" from Lat...

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abdication (n.)1550s, \\\"a disowning,\\\" from Latin abdicationem (nominative abdicatio) \\\"renunc...

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abdomen (n.)1540s, \\\"belly fat,\\\" from Latin abdomen \\\"belly,\\\" which is of unknown origin,...

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abdominal (adj.)1550s, from medical Latin abdominalis, from abdomen (genitive abdominis); see abdome...

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abduct (v.)\\\"to kidnap,\\\" 1834, probably a back-formation from abduction; also see abduce. Relat...

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abduction (n.)1620s, \\\"a leading away,\\\" from Latin abductionem (nominative abductio), noun of a...

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abeam (adv.)\\\"at right angles to the mainmast,\\\" 1826, nautical, literally \\\"on beam;\\\" see...