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Abed

//əˈbɛd// adv, name

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In bed, or on the bed; confined to bed. archaic, not-comparable

    "Not to be abed after midnight"

  2. 2
    To childbed archaic, not-comparable

    "I mean, she's brought a-bed"

Adverb
  1. 1
    in bed wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A male given name from Arabic.
  2. 2
    A surname.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English abedde, o bedde, from Old English on (“in”) + bedde (“bed”). Equivalent to a- (“in, on”) + bed.

Etymology 2

From Arabic عَابِد (ʕābid, “servant, worshipper”)

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