In like case Nimrod against me wrought Abusion, As he raised up the castle of confusion.
"A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume I."
R. Dodsley
Here maye we soone perceyue that by Abusion wee take wordes that be somwhat nye, whych property do belong to vnlyke thinges.
"A Treatise of Schemes and Tropes"
Richard Sherry Commentator: Herbert W. Hildebrandt
That procedeth of this counterfayt Abusion And mysshapen Fassions: I neuer shulde haue done.
"The Ship of Fools, Volume 1"
Sebastian Brandt