Hypertext Webster Gateway: "abed"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Abed \A*bed"\, adv. [Pref. a- in, on + bed.]
1. In bed, or on the bed.
Not to be abed after midnight. --Shak.
2. To childbed (in the phrase ``brought abed,'' that is,
delivered of a child). --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
abed
adv : in bed
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