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abed

adv
/əˈbɛd/UK/əˈbɛd/US/ˈɑːbɛd/

Etymology

From Middle English abedde, o bedde, from Old English on (“in”) + bedde (“bed”). Equivalent to a- (“in, on”) + bed.

  1. derived from on — “in”
  2. inherited from abedde

Definitions

  1. In bed, or on the bed

    In bed, or on the bed; confined to bed.

    • Not to be abed after midnight
    • [She] is sick abed.
    • The world was awake to the 2nd of May, but Mayfair is not the world, and even the menials of Mayfair lie long abed.

  2. On a childbed.

    • I mean, she's brought a-bed

  3. A male given name from Arabic.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A surname.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA