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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
a·bey·ant       [uh-bey-uhnt] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
temporarily inactive, stopped, or suspended.
[Origin: 1865–70; abey(ance) + -ant]
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a·bey·ance       (ə-bā'əns)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. The condition of being temporarily set aside; suspension: held the plan in abeyance.
  2. Law A condition of undetermined ownership, as of an estate that has not yet been assigned.


[Anglo-Norman, variant of Old French abeance, desire, from abaer, to gape at : a-, at (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + baer, to gape; see bay2.]

a·bey'ant adj.
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abeyant

adjective
inactive but capable of becoming active; "her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened" 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Abeyant

A*bey"ant\, a. Being in a state of abeyance.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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