"aband" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /əˈbænd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /əˈbænd/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-aband.wav [Southern-England] Forms: abands [present, singular, third-person], abanding [participle, present], abanded [participle, past], abanded [past]
Rhymes: -ænd Etymology: Clipping of abandon Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|abandon}} Clipping of abandon Head templates: {{en-verb}} aband (third-person singular simple present abands, present participle abanding, simple past and past participle abanded)
  1. (obsolete, transitive) To desist in practicing, using, or doing; to renounce. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-aband-en-verb-kGI2hipk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To desert; to forsake. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-aband-en-verb-pXqcVjWI

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for aband meaning in English (2.6kB)

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