abeyant

C2+ Topic:Law & Government

US /əˈbeɪənt/ UK /əˈbeɪənt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
temporarily suspended or in a state of latency

The claim to the title remained abeyant for years.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · temporarily suspended or in... dormant latent suspended inactive quiescent pending

Opposites

active operative effective current

Word family

Related forms abeyance

Etymology

From abeyance, from Anglo-Norman abeiance ('expectation, suspension'), from Old French abeance ('aspiration, expectation'), from abaer ('to aspire after, gape at'), from a- (ad-, 'to') + baer ('to gape'), from Late Latin batāre.

abeance Old French batāre Late Latin

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Law & Government Word Formation & Derivatives

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# abeyant

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /əˈbeɪənt/
**IPA (UK):** /əˈbeɪənt/

## Meanings
1. temporarily suspended or in a state of latency

## Examples
- The claim to the title remained abeyant for years.

## Synonyms
- dormant
- latent
- suspended
- inactive
- quiescent
- pending

## Antonyms
- active
- operative
- effective
- current

## Related Forms
- abeyance

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: abeance
- Root: batāre

## Etymology
From abeyance, from Anglo-Norman abeiance ('expectation, suspension'), from Old French abeance ('aspiration, expectation'), from abaer ('to aspire after, gape at'), from a- (ad-, 'to') + baer ('to gape'), from Late Latin batāre.

## AI Etymology
Abeyant is from abeyance, from Anglo-Norman abeiance ('expectation, suspension'), from Old French abeance ('aspiration, expectation'), from abaer ('to aspire after, gape at'), from a- (ad-, 'to') + baer ('to gape'), from Late Latin batāre. In present-day use, it means temporarily suspended or in a state of latency. Related vocabulary includes abeyance.

## Topics
- Law & Government
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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