The first entry was wrong. Abandon , he had edited personally. The transitive verb, sense 1a: "to give up to the control or influence of another." The PDF read: Abandon: to leave behind because you have found something shinier.
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It said: "The Ghost of Usage."
Arjun had chuckled. "There is no PDF, Leo. Not an official one. The 12th is cloth and paper. You turn its pages. You smell the ink." The first entry was wrong