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.
Abate (v. t.) To deduct; to omit; as, to abate something from a price.
Abate (v. t.) To blunt.
Abate (v. t.) To reduce in estimation; to deprive.
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.
Abate (v. t.) To diminish; to reduce. Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets.
Abate (v. t.) To decrease, or become less in strength or violence; as, pain abates, a storm abates.
Abate (v. t.) To be defeated, or come to naught; to fall through; to fail; as, a writ abates.
Abate (n.) Abatement.
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.
Abatement (n.) The amount abated; that which is taken away by way of reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount allowed.
Abatement (n.) A mark of dishonor on an escutcheon.
Abatement (n.) The entry of a stranger, without right, into a freehold after the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee.
Abater (n.) One who, or that which, abates.
Abatis (n.) Alt. of Abattis
Abattis (n.) A means of defense formed by felled trees, the ends of whose branches are sharpened and directed outwards, or against the enemy.
Abatised (a.) Provided with an abatis.
Abator (n.) One who abates a nuisance.
Abator (n.) A person who, without right, enters into a freehold on the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee.
Abattoirs (pl. ) of Abattoir
Abattoir (n.) A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc.
Abature (n.) Grass and sprigs beaten or trampled down by a stag passing through them.
Abatvoix (n.) The sounding-board over a pulpit or rostrum.
Abawed (p. p.) Astonished; abashed.
Abaxial (a.) Alt. of Abaxile
Abaxile (a.) Away from the axis or central line; eccentric.
Abay (n.) Barking; baying of dogs upon their prey. See Bay.
Abb (n.) Among weavers, yarn for the warp. Hence, abb wool is wool for the abb.
Abba (n.) Father; religious superior; -- in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the patriarch.
Abbacies (pl. ) of Abbacy
Abbacy (n.) The dignity, estate, or jurisdiction of an abbot.
Abbatial (a.) Belonging to an abbey; as, abbatial rights.
Abbatical (a.) Abbatial.
Abbe (n.) The French word answering to the English abbot, the head of an abbey; but commonly a title of respect given in France to every one vested with the ecclesiastical habit or dress.
Abbess (n.) A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots have over the monks. See Abbey.
Abbeys (pl. ) of Abbey
Abbey (n.) A monastery or society of persons of either sex, secluded from the world and devoted to religion and celibacy; also, the monastic building or buildings.
Abbey (n.) The church of a monastery.
Abbot (n.) The superior or head of an abbey.
Abbot (n.) One of a class of bishops whose sees were formerly abbeys.
Abbotship (n.) The state or office of an abbot.
Abbreviated (imp. & p. p.) of Abbreviate
Abbreviating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abbreviate
Abbreviate (v. t.) To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken.
Abbreviate (v. t.) To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.
Abbreviate (a.) Abbreviated; abridged; shortened.
Abbreviate (a.) Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type.
Abbreviate (n.) An abridgment.
Abbreviated (a.) Shortened; relatively short; abbreviate.
Abbreviation (n.) The act of shortening, or reducing.
Abbreviation (n.) The result of abbreviating; an abridgment.
Abbreviation (n.) The form to which a word or phrase is reduced by contraction and omission; a letter or letters, standing for a word or phrase of which they are a part; as, Gen. for Genesis; U.S.A. for United States of America.
Abbreviation (n.) One dash, or more, through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, or demi-semiquavers.
Abbreviator (n.) One who abbreviates or shortens.
Abbreviator (n.) One of a college of seventy-two officers of the papal court whose duty is to make a short minute of a decision on a petition, or reply of the pope to a letter, and afterwards expand the minute into official form.
Abbreviatory (a.) Serving or tending to abbreviate; shortening; abridging.
Abbreviature (n.) An abbreviation; an abbreviated state or form.
Abbreviature (n.) An abridgment; a compendium or abstract.
Abb wool () See Abb.
A B C () The first three letters of the alphabet, used for the whole alphabet.
A B C () A primer for teaching the alphabet and first elements of reading.
A B C () The simplest rudiments of any subject; as, the A B C of finance.
Abdal (n.) A religious devotee or dervish in Persia.
Abderian (a.) Given to laughter; inclined to foolish or incessant merriment.
Abderite (n.) An inhabitant of Abdera, in Thrace.
Abdest (n.) Purification by washing the hands before prayer; -- a Mohammedan rite.
Abdicable (a.) Capable of being abdicated.
Abdicant (a.) Abdicating; renouncing; -- followed by of.
Abdicant (n.) One who abdicates.
Abdicated (imp. & p. p.) of Abdicate
Abdicating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abdicate
Abdicate (v. t.) To surrender or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; as, to abdicate the throne, the crown, the papacy.
Abdicate (v. t.) To renounce; to relinquish; -- said of authority, a trust, duty, right, etc.
Abdicate (v. t.) To reject; to cast off.
Abdicate (v. t.) To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit.
Abdicate (v. i.) To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity.
Abdication (n.) The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder; commonly the voluntary renunciation of sovereign power; as, abdication of the throne, government, power, authority.
Abdicative (a.) Causing, or implying, abdication.
Abdicator (n.) One who abdicates.
Abditive (a.) Having the quality of hiding.
Abditory (n.) A place for hiding or preserving articles of value.
Abdomen (n.) The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis. Also, the cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum, and contains the stomach, bowels, and other viscera. In man, often restricted to the part between the diaphragm and the commencement of the pelvis, the remainder being called the pelvic cavity.
Abdomen (n.) The posterior section of the body, behind the thorax, in insects, crustaceans, and other Arthropoda.
Abdominal (a.) Of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral; as, the abdominal regions, muscles, cavity.
Abdominal (a.) Having abdominal fins; belonging to the Abdominales; as, abdominal fishes.
Abdominals (pl. ) of Abdominal
Abdominales (pl. ) of Abdominal
Abdominal (n.) A fish of the group Abdominales.
Abdominales (n. pl.) A group including the greater part of fresh-water fishes, and many marine ones, having the ventral fins under the abdomen behind the pectorals.
Abdominalia (n. pl.) A group of cirripeds having abdominal appendages.
Abdominoscopy (n.) Examination of the abdomen to detect abdominal disease.
Abdominothoracic (a.) Relating to the abdomen and the thorax, or chest.
Abdominous (a.) Having a protuberant belly; pot-bellied.
Abduced (imp. & p. p.) of Abduce
Abducing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abduce
Abduce (v. t.) To draw or conduct away; to withdraw; to draw to a different part.
Abducted (imp. & p. p.) of Abduct
Abducting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abduct
Abduct (v. t.) To take away surreptitiously by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually by violence; to kidnap.
Abduct (v. t.) To draw away, as a limb or other part, from its ordinary position.