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abuse

/əˈbjuz/ verbe C2

En français : abuser

  1. To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert (transitive) · He abused his authority.
  2. To injure; to maltreat; to hurt; to treat with cruelty, especially repeatedly. (transitive)
  3. To attack with coarse language; to insult; to revile; malign; to speak in an offensive manner to or about someone; to disparage. (transitive)
  4. To imbibe a drug for a purpose other than it was intended; to intentionally take more of a drug than was prescribed for recreational reasons; to take illegal drugs habitually. (transitive)

He/she/it abuses · Prétérit abused · Participe passé abused · Forme en -ing abusing

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He/she/it
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Prétérit
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Participe passé
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Dans la bibliothèque

Bennet, how can you abuse your own children in such a way?
Pride and Prejudice, p. 3 · B2
When dinner was over, she returned directly to Jane, and Miss Bingley began abusing her as soon as she was out of the room.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 37 · B2
His resentment was in proportion to the distress of his circumstances--and he was doubtless as violent in his abuse of me to others as in his reproaches to myself.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 233 · B2
Gardiner abused her stupidity.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 272 · B2

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