abused

alternative poetic verb abus'd

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of abuse

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comparative more abused · superlative most abused · alternative poetic verb abus'd

1. Having been a victim of some form of abuse, most commonly child abuse or domestic violence.
2. Overused; used profligately or in excess.
3. obsoleteDeluded, deceived.

   That be so farre abusyd They cannot be excusyd By reason nor by law; […]

   c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 62, lines 5–7