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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—A

Abeyance

Abey′ance

really means something gaped after (French, bayer, to gape). The allusion is to men standing with their mouths open, in expectation of some sight about to appear.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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