Abed
[ə'bed] or [ə'bɛd]
Definition
(adv.) In bed, or on the bed.
(adv.) To childbed (in the phrase "brought abed," that is, delivered of a child).
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Definition
adv. in bed.
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Examples
- There I walked, and there, when certain that the whole household were abed, and quite out of hearing--there, I at last wept. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I shall lie abed late, and do nothing, replied Meg, from the depths of the rocking chair. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Nothing is more common in the newspapers than instances of people who, after eating a hearty supper, are found dead abed in the morning. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Pilgrims, sinners and Arabs are all abed, now, and the camp is still. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It seemed to her that she awoke after sleeping some hours, and found Jeremiah not yet abed. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
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