[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

abuse \abuse"\, v. t. imp.  p. p. abused; p. pr.  vb. n.
   abusing. f. abuser; l. abusus, p. p. of abuti to abuse,
   misuse; ab + uti to use. see use.
   1. 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.
      1913 webster

            this principle if one may so abuse the word shoots
            rapidly into popularity.              --froude.
      1913 webster

   2. 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.
      1913 webster

   3. to revile; to reproach coarsely; to disparage.
      1913 webster

            the . . . tellers of news abused the general.
                                                  --macaulay.
      1913 webster

   4. to dishonor. "shall flight abuse your name?" --shak.
      1913 webster

   5. to violate; to ravish. --spenser.
      1913 webster

   6. to deceive; to impose on. obs.
      1913 webster

            their eyes red and staring, cozened with a moist
            cloud, and abused by a double object. --jer. taylor.
      1913 webster

   syn: to maltreat; injure; revile; reproach; vilify;
        vituperate; asperse; traduce; malign.
        1913 webster
see also:
abused abusing use 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

abused
     adj 1: used improperly or excessively especially drugs; "an abused
            substance"
     2: abused with language ant: unabused
     3: physically abused; "an abused wife" syn: ill-treated, maltreated,
         mistreated ant: unabused
see also:
unabused ill-treated maltreated mistreated 

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