Abuse

1. v. t. Violation; rape; as, abuse of a female child.
2. v. t. To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to misuse; to put to a bad use; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert; as, to abuse inherited gold; to make an excessive use of; as, to abuse one’s authority.
3. v. t. To use ill; to maltreat; to act injuriously to; to punish or to tax excessively; to hurt; as, to abuse prisoners, to abuse one’s powers, one’s patience.
4. v. t. To revile; to reproach coarsely; to disparage.
5. v. t. To dishonor.
6. v. t. To violate; to ravish.
7. v. t. To deceive; to impose on.
8. v. t. Improper treatment or use; application to a wrong or bad purpose; misuse; as, an abuse of our natural powers; an abuse of civil rights, or of privileges or advantages; an abuse of language.
9. v. t. Physical ill treatment; injury.
10. v. t. A corrupt practice or custom; offense; crime; fault; as, the abuses in the civil service.
11. 1v. t. 1 Violation; rape; as, abuse of a female child.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.