abates

  • 1abates — a·bate || É™ beɪt v. reduce, decrease, lessen; become less, diminish; annul, suppress (Law) …

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  • 2Abate — A*bate ([.a]*b[=a]t ), v. i. [See {Abate}, v. t.] 1. To decrease, or become less in strength or violence; as, pain abates, a storm abates. [1913 Webster] The fury of Glengarry . . . rapidly abated. Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. To be defeated, or… …

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  • 3To abate in lands — Abate A*bate ([.a]*b[=a]t ), v. i. [See {Abate}, v. t.] 1. To decrease, or become less in strength or violence; as, pain abates, a storm abates. [1913 Webster] The fury of Glengarry . . . rapidly abated. Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. To be defeated …

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  • 4To abate into a freehold — Abate A*bate ([.a]*b[=a]t ), v. i. [See {Abate}, v. t.] 1. To decrease, or become less in strength or violence; as, pain abates, a storm abates. [1913 Webster] The fury of Glengarry . . . rapidly abated. Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. To be defeated …

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  • 7Abate (eclesiástico) — Abate. Se daba el nombre de abate en España, Francia, Italia y aun en otros países a una persona que no teniendo por lo común mas que órdenes menores católicas, vestía de clérigo a la romana. Antes de la revolución Francesa era infinito el número …

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  • 8abatismo — abatismo. m. p. us. Poder de los abates. || 2. p. us. Conjunto de abates …

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  • 9noise — n. 1) to make, produce (a) noise 2) to cut (AE; colloq.), cut down on, reduce the noise 3) constant, persistent; deafening; loud; shrill noise 4) a noise abates, dies down * * * [nɔɪz] cut down on deafening dies down loud persistent produce (a …

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  • 10abate — [[t]əbe͟ɪt[/t]] abates, abating, abated VERB If something bad or undesirable abates, it becomes much less strong or severe. [FORMAL] The storms had abated by the time they rounded Cape Horn. ...a crime wave that shows no sign of abating. Syn: die …

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