Abeyance definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary ABEY'ANCE, n. pron. abayance ... fee simple or inheritance of lands and tenements is in abeyance, when there is no person in being in whom it ... to another for years, the remainder for years is in abeyance, till the death of the lessee, for life. WordNet (r ... 3.0 (2005) n 1: temporary cessation or suspension [syn: abeyance, suspension] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: Anglo-French, from Old ... beer f. med.L batare gape Webster's 1913 Dictionary Abeyance A*bey"ance, n. [OF. abeance expectation, longing; a (L ... a dignity) can vest, it is said to be in abeyance, that is, in expectation; the law considering it as ...
... devoid of external activity < a dormant volcano > b. temporarily in abeyance yet capable of being activated 3. a. asleep, inactive b ... volcano etc.) temporarily inactive. b (of potential faculties etc.) in abeyance. 3 (of plants) alive but not actively growing. 4 Heraldry ... hence, not in action or exercise; quiescent; at rest; in abeyance; not disclosed, asserted, or insisted on; as, dormant passions; dormant ... quiescent, at rest. 2. Latent, unexerted, suspended, inert, inactive, in abeyance. Moby Thesaurus abeyant, apathetic, asleep, at rest, benumbed, between the ... flat, foul, groggy, heavy, hebetudinous, hibernating, hidden, idle, immobile, in abeyance, in suspense, inactive, inanimate, inert, jaded, lackadaisical, laissez-aller, laissez ...
... r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: in a state of abeyance or postponement 2: refrigerated storage for preservation Merriam Webster's ... condition of being held or continued without being acted on ; abeyance Collin's Cobuild Dictionary If something such as food is ... storage to prevent them spoiling during transportation. Moby Thesaurus abandonment, abeyance, abjuration, abjurement, cessation, conservation, coolerman, coolhouse, custody, dead storage, desistance ...
... cy, n. [From Dormant.] The state of being dormant; quiescence; abeyance. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary see dormant Moby Thesaurus a wise passiveness, abeyance, apathy, catalepsy, catatonia, cold storage, contemplation, contemplative life, deadliness, deathliness ...
... WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a state of abeyance or suspended business [syn: deferral, recess] 2: a small concavity ... recession. 4. Seclusion, privacy. 5. Departure. Moby Thesaurus Jim Crow, abeyance, adjourn, adytum, alcove, apartheid, apartness, ashram, asylum, bay, bolt-hole ...
... and had to consider their taste. Another point held in abeyance by both those writers was the Messianic hopes that we ... in Babylon, when the Temple worship had to be in abeyance, and the consequent prevalence of synagogue worship, tended to lessen ...
... easily awakened" [syn: abeyant, dormant] Merriam Webster's adjective see abeyance Webster's 1913 Dictionary Abeyant A*bey"ant, a. Being in a state of abeyance.