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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
abrade
 
SYLLABICATION:a·brade
PRONUNCIATION:  -brd
TRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: a·brad·ed, a·brad·ing, a·brades
1. To wear down or rub away by friction; erode. See synonyms at chafe. 2. To make weary through constant irritation; wear down spiritually.
ETYMOLOGY:Latin abrdere, to scrape off : ab-, away; see ab–1 + rdere, to scrape; see rd- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:a·brada·ble —ADJECTIVE
 
 
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