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abusive, a.|əˈbjuːsɪv|
[a. Fr. abusif -ive:—L. abūsīv-us, f. abūsus: see abuse and -ive. Some of the meanings are direct from L.]
Characterized by abuse or abusing: hence
1. Wrongly used, perverted, misapplied, improper: in Rhetoric, catachrestic.
1583Fulke Def. vi. 253 You are driven to seek a silly shadow for it [sacrificial power] in the abusive acception and sounding of the English word ‘priest.’ 1603Florio Montaigne (1632) i. xxii. 48 Notwithstanding this abusive custome, loyaltie in married women is highly regarded. 1651Baxter Inf. Bapt. 89 Therefore it is sinfull to prefer before it an abusive sence, wherein Scripture never useth the word. 1710Shaftesbury Charact. i. §2 (1737) II. 192 [Thou] didst mock Heaven's Countenance, and in abusive Likeness of the Immortals mad'st the Compound Man. 1859Sir W. Hamilton Lect. Metaph. II. xxxiii. 262 The Reproductive Imagination (or Conception, in the abusive language of the Scottish philosophers) is not a simple faculty.
2. Full of abuses; corrupt. arch.
1589Nashe Anat. Absurd. 5 The abusive enormities of these our times. 1628Wither Brit. Rememb. iv. 281 If our Lawyers will In their abusive wayes continue still. 1780Burke Sp. on Econ. Ref. Wks. 1842 I. 238 First..is the royal household. This establishment, in my opinion, is exceedingly abusive in its constitution. 1838Hallam Hist. Lit. I. i. iv. §55. 299 The determination of Leo to persevere in defending all the abusive prerogatives of his see.
†3. Deceitful, cheating. Obs.
1602Daniel Civ. Wars iv. lxxxv. (1718) II. 136 When as th' illighten'd Soul discovers clear Th' abusive Shews of Sense. 1624Bacon Consid. on War with Spain Wks. 1740 III. 515 Whatsoever is gained by an abusive treaty, ought to be restored in integrum. 1667Decay of Chr. Piety iv. §3. 222 He dazles their eyes with the glorious, but abusive proposal of becoming like Gods.
†4. Given to misusing, ill-using, perverting. Obs.
1652J. Burroughes Exp. Hosea vii. 276 Most are abusive in their desires after, and use of the creature. 1669Penn No Cross xiv. §8 Wks. 1726 I. 351 The Fashions and Recreations now in Repute are very abusive of the End of Man's Creation.
5. Employing or containing bad language or insult; scurrilous, reproachful.
1621Howell Lett. (1650) I. 62 Some years since, there was a very abusive satire in verse brought to our King. 1702Pope Jan. & May 71 Abusive Nabal ow'd his forfeit life To the wise conduct of a prudent wife. 1710in Somers Tracts III. 1 The Subject is nice, the Age abusive, the Town full of Observers and Reviewers. 1865Dickens Mut. Fr. xv. 381 You're an..abusive..bad old creature. |