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abeat

English

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Etymology

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    From a- + beat.

    Pronunciation

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    Adverb

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    abeat (not comparable)

    1. (chiefly poetic) Beating. [Late 19th century.][1]

    Adjective

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    abeat (not comparable)

    1. (chiefly poetic) Beating. [Late 19th century.][1]

    References

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    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abeat”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.

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    Latin

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    Verb

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    abeat

    1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of abeō
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