Crossword clues for abusing
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Abuse \A*buse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Abused; p. pr. & vb. n. Abusing.] [F. abuser; L. abusus, p. p. of abuti to abuse, misuse; ab + uti to use. See Use.]
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To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to misuse; to put to a bad use; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert; as, to abuse inherited gold; to make an excessive use of; as, to abuse one's authority.
This principle (if one may so abuse the word) shoots rapidly into popularity.
--Froude. To use ill; to maltreat; to act injuriously to; to punish or to tax excessively; to hurt; as, to abuse prisoners, to abuse one's powers, one's patience.
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To revile; to reproach coarsely; to disparage.
The . . . tellers of news abused the general.
--Macaulay. To dishonor. ``Shall flight abuse your name?''
--Shak.To violate; to ravish.
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To deceive; to impose on. [Obs.]
Their eyes red and staring, cozened with a moist cloud, and abused by a double object.
--Jer. Taylor.Syn: To maltreat; injure; revile; reproach; vilify; vituperate; asperse; traduce; malign.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of abuse English)
Usage examples of "abusing".
Fred were in the habit of sexually and sadistically abusing young girls in the cellar of their house for their joint pleasure.
But instead of abusing, or exerting, the authority of the state, to revenge his personal injuries, Julian contented himself with an inoffensive mode of retaliation, which it would be in the power of few princes to employ.
These fugitives, who fled before the Turkish arms, passed the Tanais and Borysthenes, and boldly advanced into the heart of Poland and Germany, violating the law of nations, and abusing the rights of victory.
He was abusing those waiting, and they were beginning to abuse him back.
I mean, why take his word for it that he caught your father abusing you?
He broke down under questioning and confessed to several incidents of sexually abusing children.
Daddy caught my grandfather abusing me, and Grandpapa killed him to keep him quiet.
This dead woman, Eva Larson, like Sandi Walters, had been accused of abusing her daughter.
There were some similaritiesboth of them single mothers, both accused of abusing their daughters, who were only children and were in early grade school.
I wish, too, you would take my advice, and desist from abusing the clergy.
He had gently questioned Liysa when she dropped the first few startling hints that Chris was abusing her.