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Abate: Definition and part of speech

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Abate

  1. n. Abatement.
  2. v. t. To beat down; to overthrow.
  3. 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.
  4. v. t. To deduct; to omit; as, to abate something from a price.
  5. v. t. To blunt.
  6. v. t. To reduce in estimation; to deprive.
  7. v. t. To bring entirely down or put an end to; to do away with; as, to abate a nuisance, to abate a writ.
  8. v. t. To diminish; to reduce. Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets.
  9. v. t. To decrease, or become less in strength or violence; as, pain abates, a storm abates.
  10. v. t. To be defeated, or come to naught; to fall through; to fail; as, a writ abates.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Abatement: Definition and part of speech

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Abatement

  1. n. The entry of a stranger, without right, into a freehold after the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee.
  2. 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.
  3. n. The amount abated; that which is taken away by way of reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount allowed.
  4. n. A mark of dishonor on an escutcheon.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Abattis: Definition and part of speech

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Abattis

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

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.