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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• abuse (subs.):
    1. I. Wrongful using: expr. by inf. or ger. of ăbūtor: as, such a use of the laws is an a. of them, *legibus ita uti est abuti. by the a. of the laws, *legibus abutendo: v. to abuse.
    2. II. A corrupt practice: perversus mos, mōris: unless, perchance, you are able by an a. to take from my client what belongs to him, nisi forte tu, p. more, quod hujus est, huic eripere potes, Cic.
    3. III. Reproachful language:
      1. 1. contŭmēlĭa: to annoy a person with every kind of a., aliquem omnibus c. vexare, Cic.
      2. 2. mălĕdictum: v. reviling.
      3. 3. probrum: v. insult.
    4. IV. Perversion of meaning: dēprāvātīo: the defender complains that he is hard pressed, not by the fact, but by the a. of a word, defensor non re sed d. verbi se urgeri queritur., Cic.: Auct. Her.