Difference between revisions of "Abuse"

<p> ABU'SE, s as z. L. abutor, abusus of ab and utor, to use Gr. to accustom. See Use. </p> 1. To use : to maltreat to misuse to use with bad motives or to wrong purposes as, to abuse rights or privileges. <p> They that use this world as not abusing it. &nbsp;1 Corinthians 7 </p> 2. To violate to defile by improper sexual intercourse. 3. To deceive to impose on. <p> Nor be with all these tempting words abused. </p> 4. To treat rudely, or with reproachful language to revile. <p> He mocked and abused them shamefully. </p> 5. To pervert the meaning of to misapply as to abuse words. <p> ABU'SE, n. [[Ill]] use improper treatment or employment application to a wrong purpose as an abuse of our natural powers an abuse of rights, or of religious privileges abuse of advantages, &c. </p> <p> [[Liberty]] may be endangered by the abuses of liberty, as well as by the abuses of power. </p> 2. A corrupt practice or custom, as the abuses of government. 3. [[Rude]] speech reproachful language addressed to a person contumely reviling words. 4. Seduction. <p> After the abuse he forsook me. </p> 5. Perversion of meaning improper use or application as an abuse of words.

<p> ''''' a ''''' - ''''' būz ''''' ´: "To dishonor," "to make mock of," "to insult," etc. (1) [[Translated]] in the Old [[Testament]] from עלל , <i> ''''' ‛ālal ''''' </i> , "to do harm," "to defile" (&nbsp;Judges 19:25 ), "to make mock of" (&nbsp;1 Samuel 31:4 ). (2) Translated in the New Testament from ἀρσενοκοίτης , <i> ''''' arsenokoı́tēs ''''' </i> , literally, "one who lies with a male," "a sodomite" (&nbsp;1 Corinthians 6:9; &nbsp;1 Timothy 1:10; the King James Version "for them that defile themselves with mankind"). (3) In the King James Version &nbsp;1 Corinthians 7:31 "as not abusing it," from καταχράομαι , <i> ''''' katachráomai ''''' </i> , "to abuse," i.e. misuse; the Revised Version (British and American) "using it to the full," also &nbsp;1 Corinthians 9:18 . See Use . </p>