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abe en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /əˈbi/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Probably a- + be.

Meanings

  1. (UK, infinitive, intransitive, uncommon) To be.
    • Let it abe, I say. 1839, The New Monthly Magazine, volume 1, page 527:
    • But let that abe. 1885, Charles Gibbon, Heart's Delight, page 154:
    • But if it amuses her I let it abe. 1864, Charles Dickens, Household Words, page 186: