present participle of abate

(rhetoric) Anesis.

Capable of being abated.

One who, or that which, abates.

(law) a person who, without right, enters into a freehold on the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee

(law) one who abates, ends, or does away with a nuisance

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.

(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.