abeat

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adverb

Beating.

OriginEnglish beat ← Middle English beten ← Old English bēatan →
First used Late 19ᵗʰ century.Scrabble 7
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Meanings

adverbabeat (not comparable)
  1. not comparablepoeticBeating.First known use Late 19ᵗʰ century.
adjectiveabeat (not comparable)
  1. not comparablepoeticBeating.First known use Late 19ᵗʰ century.

    Tense we watched the lagging mail, furtive hearts abeat

    1918, Margaret Widdemer, The Old Road to Paradise, Once When We Bought Valentines

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂en-
  2. Proto-Germanic*an
  3. Proto-West Germanic*ana
  4. Old Englishon
  5. Middle Englishan
  6. Middle Englisha-
  7. Englisha-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*bʰew-der.?
  9. Proto-Germanic*bautaną
  10. Proto-West Germanic*bautan
  11. Old Englishbēatan
  12. Middle Englishbeten
  13. Englishbeat
  14. Englishabeat

From a- + beat.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with abeat

completestreetmeetfeetsuitesheetheatdeletesweeteatseattreatconcretereceiptrepeatelitefleetcheatpetecompetewheatincompletedefeatretreat
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Anagrams

abateBatea
Cite this entry
APA

abeat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abeat

MLA

“abeat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abeat. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “abeat,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abeat.

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