abeis

abeis

Portuguese

Verb

abeis

  1. second-person plural present subjunctive of abar

Scots

Preposition

abeis

  1. in comparison with
    • 1825, John Jamieson, Supplement To The Etymological Dictionary Of The Scottish Language: Illustrating The Words In Their Different Significations, By Examples From Ancient And Modern Writers; Shewing Their Affinity To Those Of Other Languages, And Especially The Northern; Explaining Many Terms, Which, Though Now Obsolete In England, Were Formerly Common To Both Countries; And Elucidating National Rites, Customs, And Institutions, In Their Analogy To Those Of Other Nations‎[1], W. & C. Tait, page 3:
      London is a big town abeis Edinburgh.
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