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(bn"dn), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Abandoned (-dnd); p. pr. & vb. n.Abandoning.] [OF. abandoner, F. abandonner; a (L. ad) + bandon permission, authority, LL. bandum, bannum, public proclamation, interdiction, bannire to proclaim, summon: of Germanic origin; cf. Goth. bandwjan to show by signs, to designate OHG. ban proclamation. The word meant to proclaim, put under a ban, put under control; hence, as in OE., to compel, subject, or to leave in the control of another, and hence, to give up. See Ban.] 1. To cast or drive out; to banish; to expel; to reject. [Obs.] That he might . . . abandon them from him. Udall. Being all this time abandoned from your bed. Shak. 2. To give up absolutely; to forsake entirely ; to renounce utterly; to relinquish all connection with or concern on; to desert, as a person to whom one owes allegiance or fidelity; to quit; to surrender. Hope was overthrown, yet could not be abandoned. I. Taylor. 3. Reflexively: To give (one's self) up witho Aban"don n.[F. abandon. fr. abandonner. See Abandon, v.] Abandonment; relinquishment. [Obs.] A°ban°don" (°bN°dN"), n.[F. See Abandon.] A complete giving up to natural impulses; freedom from artificial constraint; careless freedom or ease. スポンサード リンク
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