† abequitatev.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin abequitāt-, abequitāre.
Etymology: < classical Latin abequitāt-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix3) of abequitāre to ride away < ab- ab- prefix + equitāre equitate v.
Obsolete.
rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
1623 H. Cockeram Abequitate, to ride away.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2021).