Index of English words, starting with "ab"

(1) - Abatable (a.) Capable of being abated; as, an abatable writ or nuisance.

(1) - Abate (n.) Abatement.
(2) - Abate (v. t.) To be defeated, or come to naught; to fall through; to fail; as, a writ abates.
(3) - Abate (v. t.) To decrease, or become less in strength or violence; as, pain abates, a storm abates.
(4) - Abate (v. t.) To diminish; to reduce. Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets.
(5) - Abate (v. t.) To bring entirely down or put an end to; to do away with; as, to abate a nuisance, to abate a writ.
(6) - Abate (v. t.) To reduce in estimation; to deprive.
(7) - Abate (v. t.) To blunt.
(8) - Abate (v. t.) To deduct; to omit; as, to abate something from a price.
(9) - Abate (v. t.) To bring down or reduce from a higher to a lower state, number, or degree; to lessen; to diminish; to contract; to moderate; to cut short; as, to abate a demand; to abate pride, zeal, hope.
(10) - Abate (v. t.) To beat down; to overthrow.

(1) - Abatement (n.) The entry of a stranger, without right, into a freehold after the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee.
(2) - Abatement (n.) A mark of dishonor on an escutcheon.
(3) - Abatement (n.) The amount abated; that which is taken away by way of reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount allowed.
(4) - Abatement (n.) The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; removal or putting an end to; as, the abatement of a nuisance is the suppression thereof.