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abeyant

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a⋅bey⋅ant

  [uh-bey-uhnt]
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–adjective
temporarily inactive, stopped, or suspended.
Origin:
1865–70; abey(ance) + -ant
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a·bey·ance   (ə-bā'əns)   
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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