a. [A mod. form deduced from ABEYANCE. Not a. OFr. abeant, which was said of the person aspiring, not of the thing that was the object of aspiration.] Existing in a state of abeyance or suspension; dormant; latent.
[Not in Craig, 1847.]
1866. Burke, Dorm. & Ext. Peerage, Contents. Peerages, dormant, extinct, forfeited and abeyant.
