Definitions for abate
  • Abatable (a.) - Capable of being abated; as, an abatable writ or nuisance.
  • Abate (v. t.) - To beat down; to overthrow.
  • Abate (v. t.) - To bring down or reduce from a higher to a lower state, number, or degree; to lessen; to diminish; to contract; to moderate; to cut short; as, to abate a demand; to abate pride, zeal, hope.
  • Abate (v. t.) - To deduct; to omit; as, to abate something from a price.
  • Abate (v. t.) - To blunt.
  • Abate (v. t.) - To reduce in estimation; to deprive.
  • Abate (v. t.) - To bring entirely down or put an end to; to do away with; as, to abate a nuisance, to abate a writ.
  • Abate (v. t.) - To diminish; to reduce. Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets.
  • Abate (v. t.) - To decrease, or become less in strength or violence; as, pain abates, a storm abates.
  • Abate (v. t.) - To be defeated, or come to naught; to fall through; to fail; as, a writ abates.
  • Abate (n.) - Abatement.
  • Abated (imp. & p. p.) - of Abate
  • Abatement (n.) - The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; removal or putting an end to; as, the abatement of a nuisance is the suppression thereof.
  • Abatement (n.) - The amount abated; that which is taken away by way of reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount allowed.
  • Abatement (n.) - A mark of dishonor on an escutcheon.
  • Abatement (n.) - The entry of a stranger, without right, into a freehold after the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee.
  • Abatements - Sorry, we do not have a definition for this word
  • Abater (n.) - One who, or that which, abates.
  • Abaters - Sorry, we do not have a definition for this word
  • Abates - Sorry, we do not have a definition for this word
  • Abatic - Sorry, we do not have a definition for this word
  • Abating (p. pr. & vb. n.) - of Abate
  • Abator (n.) - One who abates a nuisance.
  • Abator (n.) - A person who, without right, enters into a freehold on the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee.
  • Abators - Sorry, we do not have a definition for this word
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2 Letter Words
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3 Letter Words
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4 Letter Words
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