See abey on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_text": "Back-formation from abeyance.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "abeys",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "abeying",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "abeyed",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
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"past"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
"expansion": "abey (third-person singular simple present abeys, present participle abeying, simple past and past participle abeyed)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
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}
],
"glosses": [
"To hold in abeyance; to suspend."
],
"id": "en-abey-en-verb-~h2uRb2p",
"links": [
[
"abeyance",
"abeyance"
],
[
"suspend",
"suspend"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To hold in abeyance; to suspend."
],
"related": [
{
"word": "abeyance"
},
{
"word": "abeyancy"
},
{
"word": "abeyant"
}
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"rhymes": "-eɪ"
}
],
"word": "abey"
}
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{
"args": {
"1": "lnd",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "abey",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Lun Bawang",
"lang_code": "lnd",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Lun Bawang entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
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},
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},
{
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
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},
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "lnd",
"name": "Jewelry",
"orig": "lnd:Jewelry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An earring"
],
"id": "en-abey-lnd-noun-kdgXv-VE",
"links": [
[
"earring",
"earring"
]
],
"related": [
{
"word": "abe"
}
]
}
],
"word": "abey"
}
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{
"args": {
"1": "mfe",
"2": "fr",
"3": "abeille"
},
"expansion": "French abeille",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From French abeille.",
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"2": "noun"
},
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}
],
"lang": "Mauritian Creole",
"lang_code": "mfe",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
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{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mauritian Creole entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
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},
{
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
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},
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "mfe",
"name": "Bees",
"orig": "mfe:Bees",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"bee (insect)"
],
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[
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]
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}
{
"etymology_text": "Back-formation from abeyance.",
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{
"form": "abeys",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "abeying",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "abeyed",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
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],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"word": "abeyance"
},
{
"word": "abeyancy"
},
{
"word": "abeyant"
}
],
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"English lemmas",
"English transitive verbs",
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"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:English/eɪ"
],
"glosses": [
"To hold in abeyance; to suspend."
],
"links": [
[
"abeyance",
"abeyance"
],
[
"suspend",
"suspend"
]
],
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"(transitive) To hold in abeyance; to suspend."
],
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"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
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}
],
"word": "abey"
}
{
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"2": "noun"
},
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}
],
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"lang_code": "lnd",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "abe"
}
],
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"Lun Bawang lemmas",
"Lun Bawang nouns",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"lnd:Jewelry"
],
"glosses": [
"An earring"
],
"links": [
[
"earring",
"earring"
]
]
}
],
"word": "abey"
}
{
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},
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"name": "inh"
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "mfe",
"2": "noun"
},
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}
],
"lang": "Mauritian Creole",
"lang_code": "mfe",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
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"Mauritian Creole entries with incorrect language header",
"Mauritian Creole lemmas",
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"Mauritian Creole terms inherited from French",
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"Pages with entries",
"mfe:Bees"
],
"glosses": [
"bee (insect)"
],
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"bee",
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]
]
}
],
"word": "abey"
}
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