2. Verb. (third-person singular of abuse) ¹
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Definition of Abuses
1. abuse [v] - See also: abuse
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abuses
Literary usage of Abuses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by Shakespeare Society (Great Britain) (1844)
"Two specimens of the Poetry of Philip Stubbes, the author of" The Anatomy of
abuses" 1583, and. the enemy of theatrical performances, ..."
2. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"The abuses under which Christendom groaned were too inveterate, too firmly
entrenched, and too profitable to be removed by any but the sternest and sharpest ..."
3. A History of English Law by William Searle Holdsworth, John Burke (1903)
"The abuses arising from the dilatory administration of justice were aggravated
by the suspicions entertained, not without reason, that the justice when ..."
4. The Puritans: Or, The Church, Court, and Parliament of England, During the by Samuel Hopkins (1861)
"abuses OF PURVEYANCE AND IN THE COURT OF EXCHEQUER. BILLS AGAINST THEM. ...
CONFERENCES UPON THESE abuses BETWEEN THE LORDS AND THE COMMONS. ..."
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