Vocabulary : Aberr to Abet

Aberr : To wander; to stray.
Aberrance : Alt. of Aberrancy
Aberrancy : State of being aberrant; a wandering from the right way; deviation from truth, rectitude, etc.
Aberrant : Wandering; straying from the right way. ;; Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal.
Aberrate : To go astray; to diverge.

Aberration : The act of wandering; deviation, especially from truth or moral rectitude, from the natural state, or from a type. ;; A partial alienation of reason. ;; A small periodical change of position in the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of light and the motion of the observer; called annual aberration, when the observer's motion is that of the earth in its orbit, and daily or diurnal aberration, when of the earth on its axis; amounting when greatest, in the former case, to 20.4'', and in the latter, to 0.3''. Planetary aberration is that due to the motion of light and the motion of the planet relative to the earth. ;; The convergence to different foci, by a lens or mirror, of rays of light emanating from one and the same point, or the deviation of such rays from a single focus; called spherical aberration, when due to the spherical form of the lens or mirror, such form giving different foci for central and marginal rays; and chromatic aberration, when due to different refran
Aberrational : Characterized by aberration.
Aberuncate : To weed out.
Aberuncator : A weeding machine.
Abet : To instigate or encourage by aid or countenance; -- used in a bad sense of persons and acts; as, to abet an ill-doer; to abet one in his wicked courses; to abet vice; to abet an insurrection. ;; To support, uphold, or aid; to maintain; -- in a good sense. ;; To contribute, as an assistant or instigator, to the commission of an offense. ;; Act of abetting; aid.

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