abuise

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Scots

Alternative forms

abuize, abaise, abase, abeese

Etymology

From Middle English abusen, noun has s for z.

Pronunciation

(Southern Scots, South Northern Scots, Northern Isles) IPA^(key): /əˈbøːz/
(Central Scots, Ulster) IPA^(key): /əˈbeːz/
(Doric, North Northern Scots) IPA^(key): /əˈbiːz/

Verb

abuise

to abuse

Noun

abuise (plural abuises)

abuse

References

“abuise, v., n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.
Eagle, Andy, editor (2024), “abuise”, in The Online Scots Dictionary‎

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