abais

• abase, abays, abaise, abaze, abas, abaish

Inherited from Middle English abaisse／abaysse.

abais (present participle abaising, past participle abaisit)

1. (usually in the past participle, transitive) To deprive of confidence or courage
2. (intransitive) To be taken aback or surprised

• “abais”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.

abais

1. second-person plural present indicative of abar