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abatement (n.)mid-14c., from Old French abatement, from abattre (see abate). ...

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abbey (n.)mid-13c., \\\"convent headed by an abbot or abbess,\\\" from Anglo-French abbeie, Old Fren...

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abbotabbot: [OE] Abbot comes ultimately from abbā, a Syriac word meaning ‘father’ (which itself achi...

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abbreviateabbreviate: see briefabbreviate (v.)mid-15c., from Latin abbreviatus, past participle of a...

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abbreviation (n.)mid-15c., from Middle French abréviation (15c.), from Late Latin abbreviationem (no...

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ABC (n.)\\\"the alphabet,\\\" late 13c., abece. Sense \\\"rudiments or fundamentals (of a subject)\\...

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abdicateabdicate: see indicateabdicate (v.)1540s, \\\"to disown, disinherit (children),\\\" from Lat...

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abdication (n.)1550s, \\\"a disowning,\\\" from Latin abdicationem (nominative abdicatio) \\\"renunc...

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abdomen (n.)1540s, \\\"belly fat,\\\" from Latin abdomen \\\"belly,\\\" which is of unknown origin,...