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(1):

(a.) Tending to deceive; fraudulent; cheating.

(2):

(a.) Given to misusing; also, full of abuses.

(3):

(a.) Wrongly used; perverted; misapplied.

(4):

(a.) Practicing abuse; prone to ill treat by coarse, insulting words or by other ill usage; as, an abusive author; an abusive fellow.

(5):

(a.) Containing abuse, or serving as the instrument of abuse; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Abusive'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/abusive.html. 1828.
 
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