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