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abeyant
a·bey·ance A0014100 (ə-bā′əns)n.1. The condition of being temporarily set aside; suspension: held the plan in abeyance.2. Law A condition of undetermined ownership, as of an interest in an estate that has not yet vested.
[Anglo-Norman, variant of Old French abeance, desire, from abaer, to gape at : a-, at (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + baer, to gape; see bay2.]
a·bey′ant adj.Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | abeyant - inactive but capable of becoming active; "her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened"dormantinactive - not active physically or mentally; "illness forced him to live an inactive life"; "dreamy and inactive by nature" |
abeyantadjectiveExisting in a temporarily inactive form or state:dormant, inactive, latent, quiescent, sleeping.EncyclopediaSeeabeyanceFinancialSeeAbeyanceabeyant
Synonyms for abeyantadj existing in a temporarily inactive form or stateSynonyms- dormant
- inactive
- latent
- quiescent
- sleeping
Synonyms for abeyantadj inactive but capable of becoming activeSynonymsRelated Words |