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"etymology_text": "Back-formation from abeyance.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "abeys",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "abeying",
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"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "abeyed",
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]
},
{
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}
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"glosses": [
"To hold in abeyance; to suspend."
],
"id": "en-abey-en-verb-~h2uRb2p",
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],
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],
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"(transitive) To hold in abeyance; to suspend."
],
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},
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},
{
"word": "abeyant"
}
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}
],
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}
{
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},
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{
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"To hold in abeyance; to suspend."
],
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"(transitive) To hold in abeyance; to suspend."
],
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],
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}
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