Sekirov Dictionary

abject

/ˈæbd͡ʒɛkt/

adjective 5
noun 1
/æbˈd͡ʒɛkt/ verb 3
forms 7

adjective5

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Existing in or sunk to a low condition, position, or state; contemptible, despicable, miserable.
- By hovv much from the top of vvondrous glory, / Strongest of mortal men, / To lovvest pitch of abject fortune thou art fall'n. — 1671
Complete; downright; utter.
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Of a person: cast down in hope or spirit; showing utter helplessness, hopelessness, or resignation; also, grovelling; ingratiating; servile.
- Oh Noble Lord, bethinke thee of thy birth, / Call home thy ancient thoughts from banishment, / And banish hence these abiect lovvlie dreames: […] — 1590
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Marginalized as deviant.
- The abject can easily be grafted onto the immigrant body, which is often conceived as something to be excluded in order to preserve a coherent yet racist national imaginary. — 2007
(rare) Lower than nearby areas; low-lying.

noun1

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A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; an oppressed person; an outcast; also, such people as a class.
- Neverthelesse he thatt comfortith the abiecte⸝ comforted vs at the cõmynge of Titus. — 1526

abject

/æbˈd͡ʒɛkt/

verb3

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(no longer used) To cast off or out (someone or something); to reject, especially as contemptible or inferior.
- […] Dauid durst not touch Saul, though he vvas abiected by God. — 1611
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(no longer used) To cast down (someone or something); to abase; to debase; to degrade; to lower; also, to forcibly impose obedience or servitude upon (someone); to subjugate.
- What phrases of abjecting themselves, in respect of the prince, can exceed David's humble expressing of himself to Saul? — 1632
(no longer used) Of a fungus: to (forcibly) give off (spores or sporidia).

forms

abjected · abjecting · abjects · abjecter · more abject · abjectest · most abject

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