Abated definition

Abated





Home | Index


We love those sites:

1 definition found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Abate \A*bate"\ ([.a]*b[=a]t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abated}, p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Abating}.] [OF. abatre to beat down, F.
     abattre, LL. abatere; ab or ad + batere, battere (popular
     form for L. batuere to beat). Cf. {Bate}, {Batter}.]
     1. To beat down; to overthrow. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]


  
              The King of Scots . . . sore abated the walls.
                                                    --Edw. Hall.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              His eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
                                                    --Deut. xxxiv.
                                                    7.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To deduct; to omit; as, to abate something from a price.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Nine thousand parishes, abating the odd hundreds.
                                                    --Fuller.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. To blunt. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              To abate the edge of envy.            --Bacon.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. To reduce in estimation; to deprive. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              She hath abated me of half my train.  --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     6. (Law)
        (a) To bring entirely down or put an end to; to do away
            with; as, to abate a nuisance, to abate a writ.
        (b) (Eng. Law) To diminish; to reduce. Legacies are liable
            to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a
            deficiency of assets.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     {To abate a tax}, to remit it either wholly or in part.
        [1913 Webster]

















Powered by Blog Dictionary [BlogDict]
Kindly supported by Vaffle Invitation Code Get a Freelance Job - Outsource Your Projects | Threadless Coupon
All rights reserved. (2008-2024)