The Collaborative International Dictionary
Abnegating
Abnegate \Ab"ne*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Abnegated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Abnegating.] [L. abnegatus, p. p. of abnegare; ab +
negare to deny. See Deny.]
To deny and reject; to abjure.
--Sir E. Sandys. Farrar.
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abnegating
vb. (present participle of abnegate English)
Usage examples of "abnegating".
It was also because of the radio that she discovered that there were beautiful songs for women, and she sang `O Mio Babbino Carol at the top of her voice as she scrubbed the floor on her hands and knees, investing it with oriental microtones and adorning it with ululations, thus abnegating in the very attempt her project of becoming Italian.