abetabet: see baitabet (v.)late 14c. (implied in abetting), from Old French abeter \\\"to bait, to h...
abeyance (n.)1520s, from Anglo-French abeiance \\\"suspension,\\\" also \\\"expectation (especially...
abhorabhor: [15] Abhor comes from Latin abhorrēre, which literally meant ‘shrink back in terror’ (fr...
abhorrence (n.)1650s; see abhorrent + -ence....
abhorrent (adj.)1610s, \\\"in a position or condition to recoil,\\\" usually with from; from Latin a...
abideabide: see bideabide (v.)Old English abidan, gebidan \\\"remain, wait, delay, remain behind,\\\...
abiding (adj.)late 14c., \\\"enduring,\\\" present participle adjective from abide (v.).
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ability (n.)late 14c., from Old French ableté \\\"expert at handling (something),\\\" from Latin hab...
abject (adj.)early 15c., \\\"cast off, rejected,\\\" from Latin abiectus, past participle of abicere...