ABRUPT
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Ab*rupt" (&unr_;), a. [L. abruptus, p. p. of abrumpere to break off; ab + rumpere to break. See Rupture.] 1. Broken off; very steep, or craggy, as rocks, precipices, banks; precipitous; steep; as, abrupt places. “Tumbling through ricks abrupt,” Thomson.
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2. Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious. “The cause of your abrupt departure.” Shak.
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3. Having sudden transitions from one subject to another; unconnected.
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The abrupt style, which hath many breaches.
B. Jonson.
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4. (Bot.) Suddenly terminating, as if cut off. Gray.
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Syn. -- Sudden; unexpected; hasty; rough; curt; unceremonious; rugged; blunt; disconnected; broken.
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Ab*rupt" (&unr_;), n. [L. abruptum.] An abrupt place. [Poetic] “Over the vast abrupt.”
Milton.
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Ab*rupt", v. t. To tear off or asunder. [Obs.] “Till death abrupts them.” Sir T. Browne.
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