† Abusage

Obs. [f. ABUSE v. + -AGE.] Abuse, misuse, perversion; defilement.

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1548. Geste, Preuee Masse, 133. He commaunded only y^e ryght usage and not y^e abusage … of y^e premisses … He doth … detest y^e abusers with there abusage of hys commaunded service.

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1617. Wither, Fidelia, in Juven., 1633, 453. But grant I had been guilty of abusage, Of thee I’m sure I ne’er deserved such usage.

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1649. W. Blith, Eng. Impr. (1653), 192. Many good Ploughs are utterly spoyled in the usage or abusage.

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