Abessive
noting a case, as in Finnish, whose distinctive function is to indicate absence or lack.
the abessive case.
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- Abetment
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing: to abet a swindler; to abet a crime. Historical Examples With the aid and abetment of a bottle of excellent Montrachet, however, one contrived to worry through. Red Masquerade Louis Joseph Vance Now Esther herself was offering her own abetment in almost the […]
- Abetted
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- Abetter
a person who . Historical Examples They occasionally raised themselves on their hind-legs to get abetter view. The Expression of Emotion in Man and Animals Charles Darwin It is really too bad, that the Primate of Ireland, of all men living, should be made the abetter in two fallacies. Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, Issue 10, […]