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Abed vs Aber - What's the difference?

abed | aber |

As an adverb abed

is in bed, or on the bed; confined to bed .

As a proper noun aber is

(slang) aberystwyth.

abed

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • In bed, or on the bed; confined to bed.
  • * (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616),(Twelfth Night), II, iii
    • Not to be abed after midnight
  • *{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Michael Arlen), title=[http://openlibrary.org/works/OL1519647W “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days], chapter=Ep./4/2
    • , passage=The world was awake to the 2nd of May, but Mayfair is not the world, and even the menials of Mayfair lie long abed .}}
  • To childbed
  • * (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616), (Titus Andronicus), IV, ii
    • "I mean, she's brought a-bed "

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    aber

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l), (l)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Sharp; keen.
  • With sharp outlines; clear; distinct.
  • Sharp-sighted; keen; observant; watchful.
  • Keen; eager; ready; anxious.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To sharpen, as a knife.
  • To stir up and make bright, as a fire.
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