ABATE, ABATED, ABATEMENT, ABATING
ADJECTIVES
► DIMINUTE abated; incomplete, defective, imperfect → 1475 obs.
NOUNS
► BATE abatement, deduction, diminution, cessation → 1450 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
► DEBATEMENT abatement → 1550 obs.
► DEFALCATION abatement, curtailment; diminution or reduction by taking away a part → 1476 obs.
► LESSING abatement; lessening, diminution → 1340 obs.
► PAIR abatement, impairment → 1375 obs.
► RABBATE abatement → 1589 obs.
NOUNS, PERSON
► ABATER a person who abates, lessens, or lowers → 1732
PREPOSITIONS
► BATING abating, leaving out of account, excepting → 1568
VERBS
► BATE to abate, to diminish, to fall off in quantity → 1541 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► BATE AN ACE to abate by a tiny amount; to make the slightest abatement → 1566 obs.
► DEBATE to abate, to fall off, to grow less → 1400 obs.
► DEFALCATE to abate; to deduct, to subtract → 1540 obs.
► DEFALK to abate, to deduct, to subtract → 1536 obs.
► FAIK ► FALK to abate, to diminish, to lessen; to deduct → 1445 Sc.
► LEATH to abate, to cease → 1205 obs.
► NULL to abate → 1984
► RABBATE to abate or diminish → 1398 obs.
► SLETCH to abate, to slacken, to stop → 1847 Eng. dial.
► TAKE OFF to abate, to grow less, to decrease → 1776 obs.
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