Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language, in Miniature: To Which Are Added, an Alphabetical Account of the Heathen Deities, and a Copious Chronolo Paperback -

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Excerpt from Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language, in Miniature: To Which Are Added, an Alphabetical Account of the Heathen Deities, and a Copious Chronological Table of Remarkable Events, Discoveries, and Inventions Absten'tion, 1. The a& of holding off Abste'rge, v. A. To cleanse to wipe off Abster'gent, a. Having a cleansing quality Abster'sion, 1. The act of cleansing Abster'sive, a.that has the qualityof cleansing: a. Ab'stinence, 1. Arefraining from temperance h.. Abstra'fi, a. To separate ideas, to abridge p. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.