Abe

Pronunciation

RP IPA: /É™.Ëˆbi/

Origin

Probably - + be.

Verb

abe

(intransitive, infinitive, regional, British) Be.

1839, The New Monthly Magazine, volume 1, page 527:Let it abe, I say.
1864, Charles Dickens, Household Words, page 186:But if it amuses her I let it abe.
1885, Charles Gibbon, Heart's Delight, page 154:But let that abe.