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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Abject \Ab"ject\, a. [L. abjectus p. p. of abjicere to throw away ab + jacere to throw. See {Jet} a shooting forth.] 1. Cast down low-lying. [Obs.] From the safe shore their floating carcasses And broken chariot wheels; so thick bestrown Abject and lost lay these covering the flood. --Milton. 2. Sunk to a law condition; down in spirit or hope; degraded; servile; groveling; despicable; as abject posture, fortune, thoughts. ``Base and abject flatterers.'' --Addison. ``An abject liar.'' --Macaulay. And banish hence these abject, lowly dreams. --Shak. Syn: Mean groveling; cringing; mean-spirited; slavish; ignoble; worthless; vile; beggarly; contemptible; degraded. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Abject \Ab*ject"\, v. t. [From {Abject}, a.] To cast off or down hence to abase; to degrade; to lower; to debase. [Obs.] --Donne. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Abject \Ab"ject\, n. A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; a castaway. [Obs.] Shall these abjects, these victims, these outcasts, know any thing of pleasure? --I. Taylor. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: abject adj 1: of the most contemptible kind "abject cowardice"; "a low stunt to pull"; "a low-down sneak"; "his miserable treatment of his family"; "You miserable skunk!"; "a scummy rabble"; "a scurvy trick" [syn: {low}, {low-down}, {miserable}, {scummy}, {scurvy}] 2: most unfortunate or miserable; "the most abject slaves joined in the revolt"; "abject poverty" 3: showing utter resignation or hopelessness; "abject surrender" [syn: {resigned}, {unhopeful}] 4: showing humiliation or submissiveness; "an abject apology"
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