(transitive, intransitive, law, chiefly historical) To enter upon and unlawfully seize (land) after the owner has died, thus preventing an heir from taking possession of it.

An Italian abbot or other member of the clergy.

(law); (obsolete); (uncountable) Abatement; reduction; (countable) an instance of this. / (uncountable) Deduction; subtraction; (countable) an instance of this.

To lessen (something) in force or intensity; to moderate. / To reduce (something) in amount or size. / To lower (something) in price or value.

One who, or that which, abates.

The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; a moderation; removal or putting an end to; the suppression.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abate

plural of abate

simple past tense and past participle of abate

(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.