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Abed vs Abled - What's the difference?

abed | abled |

As an adverb abed

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

As an adjective abled is

having a range of physical powers as specified .

As a verb abled is

(able).

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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    abled

    English

    Etymology 1

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having a range of physical powers as specified.
  • Derived terms
    * differently abled
    Antonyms
    * disabled

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    (head)
  • (able)
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