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† aˈbeat, v. Obs.
[f. a- prefix 1, intensive + beat. In ME. sometimes confused with abate, which it closely approached in form and sense.]
To beat, strike.
a1000Christ (Grein) 941 Steorran streðað of heofone stormum abeátne. c1400Destr. Troy xiv. 5686 There was no Greke so grym, ne of so gret wille, Durst abate on þo buernes, ne to bonke stride. |