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Abducting
- verb - especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part
- pull away from the body; "this muscle abducts"
- take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom; "The industrialist's son was kidnapped"
Abhorring
- verb - despised
- find repugnant; "I loathe that man"; "She abhors cats"
Abounding
- verb - be abundant or plentiful; exist in large quantities
- be in a state of movement or action; "The room abounded with screaming children"; "The garden bristled with toddlers"
- existing in abundance; "abounding confidence"; "whiskey galore"
Abridging
- verb - Abridge is a village in Essex, England. It is on the River Roding, 16 miles (26 km) southwest of the county town of Chelmsford.
- lessen, diminish, or curtail; "the new law might abridge our freedom of expression"
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
Abscising
- verb - remove or separate by abscission
- shed flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of a scar tissue
Abseiling
- verb - lower oneself with a rope coiled around the body from a mountainside; "The ascent was easy--roping down the mountain would be much more difficult and dangerous"; "You have to learn how to abseil when you want to do technical climbing"
Absenting
- verb - go away or leave; "He absented himself"
Absolving
- verb - grant remission of a sin to; "The priest absolved him and told him to say ten Hail Mary's"
- let off the hook; "I absolve you from this responsibility"
- pardon
Absorbing
- verb - assimilate or take in; "The immigrants were quickly absorbed into society"
- become imbued; "The liquids, light, and gases absorb"
- capable of arousing and holding the attention; "a fascinating story"
- cause to become one with; "The sales tax is absorbed into the state income tax"
- consume all of one's attention or time; "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely"
- devote (oneself) fully to; "He immersed himself into his studies"
- Soak up, incorporate.
- suck or take up or in; "A black star absorbs all matter"
- take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words"
- take up mentally; "he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe"
- take up, as of debts or payments; "absorb the costs for something"
Accenting
- verb - put stress on; utter with an accent; "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word"
- the act of giving special importance or significance to something
- to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"