abate

Phonetics

/əˈbeɪt/

noun

verb

(obsolete outside law) To put an end to; to cause to cease.
Example: to abate a nuisance
To become null and void.
Example: The writ has abated.
To nullify; make void.
Example: 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.
To curtail; to deprive.
Example: Order restrictions and prohibitions to abate an emergency situation.
To reduce in amount, size, or value.
Example: Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets.
To decrease in size, value, or amount.
To moderate; to lessen in force, intensity, to subside.
To decrease in intensity or force; to subside.
To deduct or omit.
Example: We will abate this price from the total.
To bar or except.
To cut away or hammer down, in such a way as to leave a figure in relief, as a sculpture, or in metalwork.
To dull the edge or point of; to blunt.
To destroy, or level to the ground.

Phonetics

/əˈbeɪt/

verb

To enter a tenement without permission after the owner has died and before the heir takes possession.

Phonetics

/əˈbeɪt/

noun

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