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abraham
(encz)		Abraham,Abraham n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad
abraham
(czen)		Abraham,Abrahamn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad
abraham
(wn)		Abraham
n 1: the first of the Old Testament patriarchs and the father of
Isaac; according to Genesis, God promised to give Abraham's
family (the Hebrews) the land of Canaan (the Promised
Land); God tested Abraham by asking him to sacrifice his
son; "Judaism, Christianity, and Islam each has a special
claim on Abraham" [syn: Abraham, Ibrahim]
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Abrahamic
(gcide)		Abrahamic \A`bra*ham"ic\, a.
Pertaining to Abraham, the patriarch; as, the Abrachamic
covenant.
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Abrahamitic
(gcide)		Abrahamitic \A`bra*ham*it"ic\, ical \*ic*al\, a.
Relating to the patriarch Abraham.
[1913 Webster] Abraham-man
Abraham-man
(gcide)		Abraham-man \A"bra*ham-man`\or Abram-man \A"bram-man`\, n.
[Possibly in allusion to the parable of the beggar Lazarus in
Luke xvi. --Murray (New Eng. Dict. ).]
One of a set of vagabonds who formerly roamed through
England, feigning lunacy for the sake of obtaining alms.
--Nares.
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To sham Abraham, to feign sickness. --Goldsmith.
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To sham Abraham
(gcide)		Sham \Sham\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shammed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Shamming.]
1. To trick; to cheat; to deceive or delude with false
pretenses.
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Fooled and shammed into a conviction. --L'Estrange.
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2. To obtrude by fraud or imposition. [R.]
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We must have a care that we do not . . . sham
fallacies upon the world for current reason.
--L'Estrange.
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3. To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape;
to feign.
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To sham Abram or To sham Abraham, to feign sickness; to
malinger. Hence a malingerer is called, in sailors' cant,
Sham Abram, or Sham Abraham.
[1913 Webster]Abraham-man \A"bra*ham-man`\or Abram-man \A"bram-man`\, n.
[Possibly in allusion to the parable of the beggar Lazarus in
Luke xvi. --Murray (New Eng. Dict. ).]
One of a set of vagabonds who formerly roamed through
England, feigning lunacy for the sake of obtaining alms.
--Nares.
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To sham Abraham, to feign sickness. --Goldsmith.
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abraham lincoln
(wn)		Abraham Lincoln
n 1: 16th President of the United States; saved the Union during
the American Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was
assassinated by Booth (1809-1865) [syn: Lincoln, {Abraham
Lincoln}, President Lincoln, President Abraham Lincoln]
abraham stoker
(wn)		Abraham Stoker
n 1: Irish writer of the horror novel about Dracula (1847-1912)
[syn: Stoker, Bram Stoker, Abraham Stoker]