(transitive) To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to misuse; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert

(number theory) A number that is less than the sum of its proper divisors (all divisors except the number itself).

(linguistics) A kind of syllabary (syllabic alphabet) in which a symbol or glyph representing a syllable contains parts representing a vowel and a consonant, such that symbols for syllables not including the default vowel are generated by adding a common notation to indicate the vowel that it does include.

(idiomatic, historical, law) a wrongful using of an animal or chattel distrained, by the distrainer

(psychiatry) Absence of willpower or decisiveness, especially as a symptom of mental illness.

plural of abugida

A Dravidian dialect of the Maria language spoken in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh provinces in India.

(obsolete) Self-deception. / Physical or verbal maltreatment of oneself. / Injury inflicted deliberately upon oneself, especially resulting from a mental disorder.

To harm oneself. / (dated, euphemistic, now frequently ironic or humorous) To masturbate.

The capital city of Nigeria; lying in the Federal Capital Territory in the North Central geopolitical zone.