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Webster 1828 Edition


Abused

ABU'SED

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s as z. Ill-used; used to a bad purpose; treated with rude language; misemployed; perverted to bad or wrong ends; deceived; defiled; violated.

Definition 2024


abused

abused

English

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Verb

abused

  1. simple past tense and past participle of abuse

Adjective

abused (comparative more abused, superlative most abused)

  1. Having been a victim of some form of abuse, most commonly child abuse or domestic violence.
  2. Overused; used profligately or in excess.

Usage notes

The second sense (Overused; used profligately or in excess) is uncommon except in the phrase much-abused.

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