Abate () 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 () To deduct; to omit; as, to abate something from a price.

Abate () To blunt.

Abate () To reduce in estimation; to deprive.

Abate () To bring entirely down or put an end to; to do away with; as, to abate a nuisance, to abate a writ.

Abate () To diminish; to reduce. Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets.

Abate () To decrease, or become less in strength or violence; as, pain abates, a storm abates.

Abate () To be defeated, or come to naught; to fall through; to fail; as, a writ abates.

Abate () Abatement.

Abatement () 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 () The amount abated; that which is taken away by way of reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount allowed.

Abatement () A mark of dishonor on an escutcheon.

Abatement () The entry of a stranger, without right, into a freehold after the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee.

Abater () One who, or that which, abates.

Abatis () Alt. of Abattis

Abattis () A means of defense formed by felled trees, the ends of whose branches are sharpened and directed outwards, or against the enemy.

Abatised () Provided with an abatis.

Abator () One who abates a nuisance.

Abator () A person who, without right, enters into a freehold on the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee.

Abattoirs () of Abattoir

Abattoir () A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc.

Abature () Grass and sprigs beaten or trampled down by a stag passing through them.

Abatvoix () The sounding-board over a pulpit or rostrum.

Abawed () Astonished; abashed.

Abaxial () Alt. of Abaxile

Abaxile () Away from the axis or central line; eccentric.

Abay () Barking; baying of dogs upon their prey. See Bay.

Abb () Among weavers, yarn for the warp. Hence, abb wool is wool for the abb.

Abba () Father; religious superior; -- in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the patriarch.

Abbacies () of Abbacy

Abbacy () The dignity, estate, or jurisdiction of an abbot.

Abbatial () Belonging to an abbey; as, abbatial rights.

Abbatical () Abbatial.

Abbe () The French word answering to the English abbot, the head of an abbey; but commonly a title of respect given in France to every one vested with the ecclesiastical habit or dress.

Abbess () A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots have over the monks. See Abbey.

Abbeys () of Abbey

Abbey () A monastery or society of persons of either sex, secluded from the world and devoted to religion and celibacy; also, the monastic building or buildings.

Abbey () The church of a monastery.

Abbot () The superior or head of an abbey.

Abbot () One of a class of bishops whose sees were formerly abbeys.

Abbotship () The state or office of an abbot.

Abbreviated () of Abbreviate

Abbreviating () of Abbreviate

Abbreviate () To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken.

Abbreviate () To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.

Abbreviate () Abbreviated; abridged; shortened.

Abbreviate () Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type.

Abbreviate () An abridgment.

Abbreviated () Shortened; relatively short; abbreviate.

Abbreviation () The act of shortening, or reducing.

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