An archaic or obsolete form meaning to abandon or leave someone or something behind.
Middle English corruption or variant of 'abandon,' from Old French 'abandoner.' This shortened form appears in Middle English texts but was largely replaced by the fuller 'abandon.'
Finding 'aband' in an old text feels like discovering a secret shorthand—medieval scribes used abbreviated forms to save parchment, and this is one that simply didn't survive.
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