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==Etymology==
− It is Middle English abandounen, [[bor|fro|abandoner|t=to surrender, release, give freely]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from the phrase à bandon, at will, under one's control,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) from à, at, to (Latin ad), and bandon, power, jurisdiction, of Frankish origin, related to [[ban]].^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) Etymologically the word means to put something under someone else's control.^(Etymonline)
+ It is [[inh|enm|abandounen]], [[bor|fro|abandoner|t=to surrender, release, give freely]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from the phrase à bandon, at will, under one's control,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) from à, at, to (Latin ad), and [[m|fro|bandon]], power, jurisdiction, of Frankish origin, related to [[ban]].^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) Etymologically the word means to put something under someone else's control.^(Etymonline)
==Earliest recorded meaning==