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abseil

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ab⋅seil

  [ahp-zahyl, ab-seyl]
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–noun, verb (used without object)
rappel.
Origin:
1930–35; < G abseilen (ab- down + seilen to rope)
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ab·seil   (äp'zīl', -sīl', āb'-)   
intr.v.   ab·seiled, ab·seil·ing, ab·seils
To rappel.

[German abseilen, to descend at the end of a rope : ab, down, off; see ablaut + Seil, rope (from Middle High German, from Old High German).]
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