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abeyant
[uh-bey-uhnt]
adjective
temporarily inactive, stopped, or suspended.
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of abeyant1
First recorded in 1865–70; abey(ance) + -ant
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Touring the pits with Ahlum was like visiting the abeyant ghosts of my childhood.
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We stood, abeyant, ready to receive what shock fate should administer.
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Peerages of Ireland, extinct and abeyant, alphabetically, according to Titles.
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The wild romanticist, the lover of the strange and the lurid and the grotesque who created the "Symphonic Fantastique," never, perhaps, became entirely abeyant.
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He was what was called at Hintock "a solid-going fellow;" he maintained his abeyant mood, not from want of reciprocity, but from a taciturn hesitancy, taught by life as he knew it.
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Abeyant describes something that is temporarily stopped or inactive. Something that is abeyant is suspended with the possibility of continuing later. A car at a red light or a film that is on pause could be described as abeyant. However, the term is mostly used figuratively or in specialized cases. An abeyant disease, for example, is one that has been temporarily dormant or inactive. An abeyant service is one that is temporarily unavailable.In the law, when someone dies without specifying who will be the executor of their estate or who will inherit any property, that estate or property is said to be abeyant. In other words, it is without ownership until someone is identified as the next owner or executor. A proceeding, decision, or any other aspect of the court of law can also be held abeyant for several reasons. For example, a case can be held abeyant if the parties wish to come to a temporary settlement but have the option to go back to court later.Example: After Rini’s passing, the abeyant properties she owned were rented out by her family, which may bring legal trouble.
Abeyant describes something that is temporarily stopped or inactive. Something that is abeyant is suspended with the possibility of continuing later. A car at a red light or a film that is on pause could be described as abeyant. However, the term is mostly used figuratively or in specialized cases. An abeyant disease, for example, is one that has been temporarily dormant or inactive. An abeyant service is one that is temporarily unavailable.In the law, when someone dies without specifying who will be the executor of their estate or who will inherit any property, that estate or property is said to be abeyant. In other words, it is without ownership until someone is identified as the next owner or executor. A proceeding, decision, or any other aspect of the court of law can also be held abeyant for several reasons. For example, a case can be held abeyant if the parties wish to come to a temporary settlement but have the option to go back to court later.Example: After Rini’s passing, the abeyant properties she owned were rented out by her family, which may bring legal trouble.
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