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8 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
Meaning
verb give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
originFirst attested in 1532; borrowed from Latin abdicātus (“renounced”), perfect passive participle of abdicō (“to renounce, reject, disclaim”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), formed from ab (“away”) + dicō (“proclaim, dedicate, declare”), akin to dīcō (“to say”). Compare Middle English abdicat (“forsaken, renounced”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- cebid 10
- abated 9
- acedia 9
- baited 9
- dacite 9
- abaci 9
- ceiba 9
- abide 8
- acted 8
- baaed 8
- bated 8
- bidet 8