a-be

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See also: abe, Abe, ABE, abé, Abé, abe-, and abe'

English

Etymology

Perhaps a combination of let be and let alone, to give let a-be.[1]

Pronunciation

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Adverb

a-be (comparative more a-be, superlative most a-be)

  1. (Scotland) Alone. [Early 18th century.][1]

References

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

Anagrams

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