abnegate

  • 21Abnegated — Abnegate Ab ne*gate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abnegated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Abnegating}.] [L. abnegatus, p. p. of abnegare; ab + negare to deny. See {Deny}.] To deny and reject; to abjure. Sir E. Sandys. Farrar. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 22Abnegating — Abnegate Ab ne*gate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abnegated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Abnegating}.] [L. abnegatus, p. p. of abnegare; ab + negare to deny. See {Deny}.] To deny and reject; to abjure. Sir E. Sandys. Farrar. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 23abnegation — abnegate ► VERB formal ▪ renounce or reject (something desired or valuable). DERIVATIVES abnegation noun. ORIGIN Latin, from negare deny …

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  • 24forgo — forgo, forbear, abnegate, eschew, sacrifice are comparable when they denote to deny oneself something for the sake of an end. One forgoes for the sake of policy, expediency, or the welfare of others something already enjoyed or indulged in, or… …

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  • 25Disown — Dis*own , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disowned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disowning}.] 1. To refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one s self; to disavow or deny, as connected with one s self personally; as, a parent can hardly disown his child; an… …

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  • 26Disowned — Disown Dis*own , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disowned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disowning}.] 1. To refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one s self; to disavow or deny, as connected with one s self personally; as, a parent can hardly disown his child;… …

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  • 27Disowning — Disown Dis*own , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disowned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disowning}.] 1. To refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one s self; to disavow or deny, as connected with one s self personally; as, a parent can hardly disown his child;… …

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  • 28abnegator — noun see abnegate …

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  • 29Symphony No. 4 (Shostakovich) — Dmitri Shostakovich composed his Symphony No. 4 in C minor, Opus 43, between September 1935 and May 1936. Halfway through its composition, he was denounced in the infamous Pravda editorial Chaos Instead of Music, written under direct orders from… …

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  • 30Hard Times — For other uses, see Hard Times (disambiguation). Hard Times   …

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