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abused, ppl. a.|əˈbjuːzd|
[f. abuse v. + -ed.]
†1. Worn out, consumed by use; hence, disused, obsolete. Obs.
1494Fabyan vi, Whiche made theyr prayers to goddes abused, As Jupiter and Mars. 1536Bellendene Boece's Cron. Scotl. (1821) I. 260 Thay convenit in Argyle..to lerne thair pepill the art of chevalry; for thay war mony yeris abusit, but ony exercition thairof.
2. Misused; wronged, done violence to, violated.
1592Shakes. Rom. & Jul. iv. i. 29 Poore soule thy face is much abus'd with teares. 1605― Lear iv. vii. 15 O you kind Gods! cure this great breach in his abused Nature! 1645Ussher Body of Divin. (1647) 226 For the brazen Serpent abused, was worthily broken in pieces. 1719De Foe Rob. Crusoe i. 42 Abus'd Prosperity is oftentimes made the very Means of our greatest Adversity.
3. Imposed upon, deceived, mistaken, misguided.
1473J. Warkworth Chron. 13 Sere Jhon Westerdale, whiche aftyrward for his abused disposycion was casten in presone. 1549Compl. Scotl. (1872) viii. 72 O ignorant, abusit, ande dissaitful pepil. 1660Milton Free Commw. 454 The general defection of a misguided and abus'd Multitude. 1706Addison Rosamd. ii. vi. Misc. Wks. 1726 I. 123 The bower turns round, my brain's abus'd, The Labyrinth grows more confus'd. 1801Southey Thalaba iv. 9 Wks. IV. 140 Things view'd at distance through the mist of fear, By their distortion terrify and shock, The abused sight.
▸ Of a person: subjected to physical, sexual, or emotional abuse, esp. systematically over a period of time. In later use freq. with modifying adverb specifying the type of abuse.
1826Times 5 Apr. 3/5 The ages of the abused children are six and three. 1892Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 3 120 He made several important reports, such as those..on the protection of abandoned and abused children. 1915Lincoln (Nebraska) Daily News 24 Mar. 6/6 If abused women would have the nerve to see that their brutish husbands were punished..there would be less wife beating. 1977Jrnl. Marriage & Family 39 204/2 The median age of sexually abused children is eleven. 1991D. Cicchetti et al. in Constructivist Perspectives on Developmental Psychol. 78 Fear must certainly be a common experience for physically and emotionally abused children. 2006Daily Mail (Nexis) 14 Apr. 26 The most dangerous time for an abused woman is the period when she has just left or is about to leave her violent partner. |