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Synonyms for abed
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : uh-bed |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈbɛd |
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Définition of abed
Origin :- Old English on bedde "in bed," from a- (1) + bed (n.). As one word from 17c.
- As in resting : adj inactive
- As in sleeping : adj asleep
- It seemed to her that she awoke after sleeping some hours, and found Jeremiah not yet abed.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- If the Son of Man be indeed coming, what matters it whether we be abed or afoot?'
- Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- It's after eight, and when I was little I was abed afore that.
- Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- And if I is abed, it's better nor being in bed-lam, isn't it?
- Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
- I had brought with me a book that Madonna Lucrezia had sent me while I was yet abed.
- Extract from : « The Shame of Motley » by Raphael Sabatini
- While you have been abed, I have been up and doing; up and doing.
- Extract from : « The Lion's Skin » by Rafael Sabatini
- There were lights, but for all the sight of people Addington might have been abed.
- Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
- It was some moments before my eyes could discover that the Earl was abed.
- Extract from : « The O'Ruddy » by Stephen Crane
- They whispered as parents do when their children are abed up-stairs.
- Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes
- “I would have washed it, and donned it, and put it abed,” said Clare.
- Extract from : « Clare Avery » by Emily Sarah Holt
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