ABATED
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Scrabble
10
WWF
A(1) B(3) A(1) T(1) E(1) D(2)
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Definition
verb
- (obsolete outside law) To put an end to; to cause to cease.“to abate a nuisance”
- To become null and void.“The writ has abated.”
- To nullify; make void.“to abate a writ”
- To humble; to lower in status; to bring someone down physically or mentally.
- To be humbled; to be brought down physically or mentally.
verb
- To enter a tenement without permission after the owner has died and before the heir takes possession.
adjective
- (decorative arts) Lowered, beaten down, or cut away, as the background of an ornamental pattern in relief. Used specifically of stone-cutting; also of metal when the pattern or inscription is to show bright on dark, and the ground is therefore worked out with the graving-tool and left rough or hatched in lines.
Source: Wiktionary
