abt.prep.

Forms: 1700s 1900s– abt, 1800s abt. (with point).

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: about adv.; about prep.¹

Etymology: Shortened < about adv. and about prep.¹, as a graphic abbreviation.

As a graphic abbreviation: = about prep.¹

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1699 W. Wotton tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. XI. (Chronol. Table 13th Cent.) sig. Z2 Nicephorus Blemmida writes abt. the Procession of the H. Ghost.

1717 W. Prideaux Log of Salt-Trader 31 Oct. in Mariner's Mirror (1920) 6 41 After was moor'd send the boat for water gott off abt. 2 tonn by raffing.

1746 C. Read in C. R. Woodward Ploughs (1941) ii. iii. 332 In the back country abt Paogualin.

1804 J. Ordway Jrnl. 22 Nov. in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1995) IX. 98 The pearogue returned..with abt. 12 bushels of mixed coullord corn in ears.

c1895 F. M. Ford Lett. (1965) 8 That is a subject abt. which I have a nanny goat [i.e. anecdote] to commence the next chapter with.

1947 ‘G. Orwell’ Let. 31 Dec. in Coll. Ess. (1968) IV. 386 I'd love it if you did come to see me... I've only been in the hospital abt 10 days.

1999 T. Etchells Endland Stories 118 Her words had a ring of truth abt them.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	abt
释义	abt.prep. Forms: 1700s 1900s– abt, 1800s abt. (with point). Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: about adv.; about prep.¹ Etymology: Shortened < about adv. and about prep.¹, as a graphic abbreviation. As a graphic abbreviation: = about prep.¹ ΚΠ 1699 W. Wotton tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. XI. (Chronol. Table 13th Cent.) sig. Z2 Nicephorus Blemmida writes abt. the Procession of the H. Ghost. 1717 W. Prideaux Log of Salt-Trader 31 Oct. in Mariner's Mirror (1920) 6 41 After was moor'd send the boat for water gott off abt. 2 tonn by raffing. 1746 C. Read in C. R. Woodward Ploughs (1941) ii. iii. 332 In the back country abt Paogualin. 1804 J. Ordway Jrnl. 22 Nov. in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1995) IX. 98 The pearogue returned..with abt. 12 bushels of mixed coullord corn in ears. c1895 F. M. Ford Lett. (1965) 8 That is a subject abt. which I have a nanny goat [i.e. anecdote] to commence the next chapter with. 1947 ‘G. Orwell’ Let. 31 Dec. in Coll. Ess. (1968) IV. 386 I'd love it if you did come to see me... I've only been in the hospital abt 10 days. 1999 T. Etchells Endland Stories 118 Her words had a ring of truth abt them. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < prep.1699
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