abeance

== Old French == === Alternative forms === abeiance === Etymology === From the verb abeer, from Late Latin batō. === Noun === abeance oblique singular, f (oblique plural abeances, nominative singular abeance, nominative plural abeances) desire; want ==== Related terms ==== abeant ==== Descendants ==== English: abeyance === References === Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (abeance)