Abatable
to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish:
to abate a tax; to abate one’s enthusiasm.
law.
to put an end to or suppress (a nuisance).
to suspend or extinguish (an action).
to annul (a writ).
to deduct or subtract:
to abate part of the cost.
to omit:
to abate all mention of names.
to remove, as in stone carving, or hammer down, as in metalwork, (a portion of a surface) in order to produce a figure or pattern in low relief.
to diminish in intensity, violence, amount, etc.:
the storm has abated. the pain in his shoulder finally abated.
law. to end; become null and void.
verb
to make or become less in amount, intensity, degree, etc: the storm has abated
(transitive) (law)
to remove, suppress, or terminate (a nuisance)
to suspend or extinguish (a claim or action)
to annul (a writ)
(intransitive) (law) (of a writ, legal action, etc) to become null and void
(transitive) to subtract or deduct, as part of a price
v.
“put an end to” (c.1300); “to grow less, diminish in power or influence” (early 14c.), from old french abattre “beat down, cast down,” from vulgar latin -abbatere, from latin ad “to” (see ad-) + battuere “to beat” (see batter (v.)). secondary sense of “to fell, slaughter” is in abatis and abattoir. related: abated; abating.
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to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish: to abate a tax; to abate one’s enthusiasm. law. to put an end to or suppress (a nuisance). to suspend or extinguish (an action). to annul (a writ). to deduct or subtract: to abate part of the cost. to omit: to abate all mention of names. […]
- Abatement
the act or state of abating or the state of being abated; reduction; decrease; alleviation; mitigation. suppression or termination: abatement of a nuisance; noise abatement. an amount deducted or subtracted, as from the usual price or the full tax. law. a reduction of a tax -ssessment. the termination of a nuisance. a wrongful entry on […]
- Abates
to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish: to abate a tax; to abate one’s enthusiasm. law. to put an end to or suppress (a nuisance). to suspend or extinguish (an action). to annul (a writ). to deduct or subtract: to abate part of the cost. to omit: to abate all mention of names. […]
- Abatis
an obstacle or barricade of trees with bent or sharpened branches directed toward an enemy. a barbed wire entanglement used as an obstacle or barricade against an enemy. historical examples “orderly, take the company back into the abatis, and look for the boys,” ordered capt. mcgillicuddy. si klegg, book 6 (of 6) john mcelroy he […]
- Abator
to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish: to abate a tax; to abate one’s enthusiasm. law. to put an end to or suppress (a nuisance). to suspend or extinguish (an action). to annul (a writ). to deduct or subtract: to abate part of the cost. to omit: to abate all mention of names. […]