abrase

Meanings

adjectiveabrase (not comparable)

not comparableobsoleteRubbed smooth or blank.First known use Attested only in the 17ᵗʰ century.
An abrase table.
1600 (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Cynthias Reuels, or The Fountayne of Selfe-Loue. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC

verbabrase (third-person singular simple present abrases, present participle abrasing, simple past and past participle abrased)

present singular third person abrases · participle present abrasing · participle past abrased · past abrased

obsoletetransitiveTo wear down; rub clean; smoothen; abrade.First known use First attested in the late 15ᵗʰ century.

verbwear away

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From Latin abrāsus, perfect passive participle of abrādō (“abrade”), from ab (“from, away from”) + rādō (“scrape”).

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