Meaning

1 senses

  1. (obsolete)To bite; eat; devour.

Origin

From Middle English abiten, from Old English ābītan (“to bite in pieces, tear to pieces, b

From Middle English abiten, from Old English ābītan (“to bite in pieces, tear to pieces, bite, eat, devour, gnaw, taste, partake of, consume”), from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”) + *bītaną (“to bite”), equivalent to a- + bite.

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Forms

abites, abiting, abit, abitten
Base formabite · to abite
3rd person singularabites
Present participleabiting
Past simpleabit
Past participleabitten

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyabite
he, she, itabites

Past simpleLesson

all personsabit

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave abitten
he, she, ithas abitten

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill abite

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
abhorrentC2abideabigailabilityA2abjectC2abjure
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