Middle English Dictionary Entry
abaiten v.
Entry Info
| Forms | abaiten v. Also abeiten, abaten. |
| Etymology | Cp. baiten . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To incite; to set (a dog on game); (b) to excite (the flesh), make eager.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)1104/11 : The huntresse had abated her dogge..at a barayne hynde.
- a1500(a1470) Brut-1461(1) (Add 10099)519/3 : Þer was many A man in London þat Abbayted and wold fayn haue seen A comon robbery.
b
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)181 : Hys flesshe on here was so abeyted, þat þyke womman he coueytyd.