abeat

abeat

English

Etymology

a- +‎ beat

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːt

Adverb

abeat (not comparable)

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

Adjective

abeat (not comparable)

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

References

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

Anagrams

• abate

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Latin

Verb

abeat

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of abeō