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† aˈbave, v. Obs.
Also abaue, abaw(e.
[Prob. a. OFr. abaub-ir, abab-ir to astonish, confound, frighten, disconcert, repr. L. ad to + balb-um stammering. No Fr. form abavir is cited by Godef., but its rise from ababir would be regular. The derivation from Fr. esbah-ir, sometimes proposed, does not account for the final -ave, -aue, -awe.]
trans. To put to confusion, discomfit; also intr. (rare) to be confounded (Fr. s'abaubir).
1303R. Brunne Handlyng Synne 9536 Loke how ȝe mow be a-bawede Þat seye þat þe Jewe ys sauede. c1375Chaucer Dethe Blaunche (Fairf. MS.) 614 And al abawed where so I be My pees in pledynge and in werre. c1430Lydgate Bochas (1554) iv. i. 101 a, They were abaued [rhymes with saued]. ― Minor Poems 144 To fynde a mene the sowle for to save. Of this terrible doolful inspeccioun The peeplis hertys gretly gan abave. |