abeat

English

Etymology

a- +‎ beat

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -iːt

Adverb

abeat (not comparable)

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

Adjective

abeat (not comparable)

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

References
  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.

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

abeat

  1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of abeō
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