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Abawed
Ab-awed′
(ăb-a̤d′)
, p.
p.
[Perh. p. p. of a verb fr. OF.
abaubir
to frighten, disconcert, fr. L. ad
+ balbus
stammering.] Astonished; abashed.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
Definition 2024
abawed
abawed
Middle English
Adjective
abawed
- astonished, abashed
- circa 1440, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Romaunt of the Rose:
- I was abawed for marveyle, / For ever the fayrer that it was, / The more I am bounded in Loves laas.
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