a-be
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)
References
- ↑ 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.