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abuse

abuse (third-person singular simple present abuses, present participle abusing, simple past and past participle abused)

1. (transitive) To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to misuse; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert; as, to abuse ones authority. [from early 15th c.]
   • 1856, James Anthony Froude, History of England from the fall of Wolsey to the defeat of the Spanish Armada, volume 1, published 1870, page 353:

     This principle (if we may so abuse the word) shot rapidly into popularity

2. (transitive) To injure; to maltreat; to hurt; to treat with cruelty.
3. (transitive) To attack with coarse language; to insult; to revile.
4. (transitive) (obsolete) To deceive; to trick; to impose on.
   • 1651-2, Jeremy Taylor, ""Sermon VI, The House of Feasting; or, The Epicures Measures"", in The works of Jeremy Taylor, Volume 1, page 283 (1831), edited by Thomas Smart Hughes

     When Cyrus had espied Astyages and his fellows coming drunk from a banquet loaden with variety of follies and filthiness, their legs failing them, their eyes red and staring, cozened with a moist cloud and abused by a double object}}

abuse (plural abuses)

1. Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; misuse; perversion. [from 15th c]
   • 1788, Federalist, James Madison, Number 63

     Liberty may be endangered by the abuses of liberty, as well as by the abuses of power.

2. Physical or verbal maltreatment; injury.
3. Forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another
4. An unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom; offense; crime; fault.
5. Coarse, insulting speech; abusive language.
   • 1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The history of England: from the accession of James the Second, volume 9, page 153:

     The two parties, after exchanging a good deal of abuse, came to blows.

Definizione dizionario abuse

	abusare
	to use improperly
	to hurt

	abuso
	physical maltreatment
	improper usage
	a corrupt practice
	Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose.

insultare

	abuso sessuale
	sexual assault

	insulto
	Coarse, insulting speech.

	violentare
	to rape

	violenza
	physical maltreatment

	violenza carnale
	sexual assault

offendere

abusare sessualmente

approfittare di

ingiuria

ingiuriare

maltrattamento

maltrattare

sconfiggere

sopruso

uso illecito

Altri significati:

to insult

Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; misuse; perversion. [from 15th c]

(transitive) (obsolete) To deceive; to trick; to impose on.

Physical or verbal maltreatment; injury.

(transitive) To injure; to maltreat; to hurt; to treat with cruelty.

insulting speech

wave (about)

Forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another

To put to a wrong use.

(transitive) To attack with coarse language; to insult; to revile.

Coarse, insulting speech; abusive language.

An unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom; offense; crime; fault.

(Can we date this quote?) '''Their eyes red and staring, cozened with a moist cloud, and abused by a double object.''' - Jeremy Taylor (1633-67)

(transitive) To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to misuse; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert; as, to abuse one's authority. [from early 15th c.]