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abject (ăbˈjĕkt), a. [L. abjectus, p. p. of abjicere to throw away; ab + jacere to throw. See Jet a shooting forth.]
    1. Cast down; low-lying. [Obs.]

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    From the safe shore their floating carcasses

    And broken chariot wheels; so thick bestrown

    Abject and lost lay these, covering the flood. Milton.

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    2. Degraded; servile; groveling; despicable; as, “abject posture, fortune, thoughts”.   “Base and abject flatterers.” Addison. “An abject liar.” Macaulay.

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    And banish hence these abject, lowly dreams. Shak.

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    3. Sunk to a low condition; down in spirit or hope; miserable; -- of persons.

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    4. Humiliating; degrading; wretched; -- of situations; as, “abject poverty”.

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    Syn. -- Mean; groveling; cringing; mean-spirited; slavish; ignoble; worthless; vile; beggarly; contemptible; degraded.

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Abject (ăb‑jĕktˈ), v. t. [From Abject, a.] To cast off or down; hence, to abase; to degrade; to lower; to debase. [Obs.]  Donne.

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Abject (ăbˈjĕkt), n. A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; a castaway. [Obs.]

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    Shall these abjects, these victims, these outcasts, know any thing of pleasure? I. Taylor.

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