Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for A-BUS'IVE
A-BUS'IVE, a.
- Practicing abuse; offering harsh words, or ill treatment; as, an abusive author; an abusive fellow.
- Containing abuse, or that is time instrument of abuse; as, abusive words; rude; reproachful. In the sense of deceitful; as, an abusive treaty. [Little used.] – Bacon.
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