aband
English
Etymology
Contraction of abandon.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ænd
Verb
aband (third-person singular simple present abands, present participle abanding, simple past and past participle abanded) (obsolete)
- (transitive) To desist in practicing, using, or doing; to renounce. [attested only in the late 16th century][1]
- (transitive) To desert; to forsake. [attested only in the late 16th century][1]
- (Can we date this quote?), Spenser, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- And Vortiger enforced the kingdom to aband.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “aband”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.
Anagrams
Middle Irish
Noun
aband f
- Alternative form of ab (“river”)
Mutation
| Middle Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| aband | unchanged | n-aband |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||