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abet

/əˈbet/uh-BET
/əˈbɛt/uh-BET

Meaningto urge hounds to attack

Common meaning: to help in wrongdoing

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√BHID‘cleave, bite’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 240, p. 738 · scan
  2. Old Norse (Icelandic)beitasource
  3. Old Frenchabeter‘to deceive’source
  4. Middle Englishabetsource
  5. Englishmeaning shiftsto deceive → to help in wrongdoingabet‘to help in wrongdoing’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old Norse (Icelandic) beita ‘to urge hounds to attack’.

Roots

  • beita Old Norse (Icelandic) “to urge hounds to attack”

Related words

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