Tuesday, July 3, 2007

The Definition of Abawed

Abawed

\Ab*awed"\ ([a^]b*[add]d"), p. p. [Perh. p. p. of a verb fr. OF. abaubir to frighten, disconcert, fr. L. ad + balbus stammering.] Astonished; abashed. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

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