n.;
☞ The men are called
In London, the Abbey means Westminster Abbey, and in Scotland, the precincts of the Abbey of Holyrood. The name is also retained for a private residence on the site of an abbey; as, Newstead
n. [ OF. abeance expectation, longing; a (L. ad) + baer, beer, to gape, to look with open mouth, to expect, F. bayer, LL. badare to gape. ]
☞ When there is no person in existence in whom an inheritance (or a dignity) can vest, it is said to be in abeyance, that is, in expectation; the law considering it as always potentially existing, and ready to vest whenever a proper owner appears. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
Keeping the sympathies of love and admiration in a dormant state, or state of abeyance. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Abeyance. [ R. ] Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Being in a state of abeyance. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Beg a bey. ] A governor of a province or district in the Turkish dominions; also, in some places, a prince or nobleman; a beg;
n. [ Turk. ] The territory ruled by a bey. [ 1913 Webster ]
prep. [ OE. biyonde, bi&yogh_;eonde, AS. begeondan, prep. and adv.; pref. be- + geond yond, yonder. See Yon, Yonder. ]
Beyond that flaming hill. G. Fletcher. [ 1913 Webster ]
A thing beyond us, even before our death. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
Beyond any of the great men of my country. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]
Beyond sea. (Law)
To go beyond,
That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter. 1 Thess. iv. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Further away; at a distance; yonder. [ 1913 Webster ]
Lo, where beyond he lyeth languishing. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Not to disobey her lord's behest. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To refuse or neglect to obey; to violate commands; to be disobedient. [ 1913 Webster ]
He durst not know how to disobey. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who disobeys. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ So called by
v. t.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord. Eph. vi. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]
Was she the God, that her thou didst obey? Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
My will obeyed his will. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
Afric and India shall his power obey. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To give obedience. [ 1913 Webster ]
Will he obey when one commands? Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ By some old writers obey was used, as in the French idiom, with the preposition to. [ 1913 Webster ]
His servants ye are, to whom ye obey. Rom. vi. 16. [ 1913 Webster ]
He commanded the trumpets to sound: to which the two brave knights obeying, they performed their courses. Sir. P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who yields obedience. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Obediently; submissively. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Med.) See Web, n., 8. [ 1913 Webster ]