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Definition of Abater
1. n. One who, or that which, abates.
Definition of Abater
1. Noun. One who, or that which, abates. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Abater
1. one that abates [n -S] - See also: abates
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abater
Literary usage of Abater
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I by Frederick Pollock, Frederic William Maitland (1899)
"The ' abater'—that is, the person who excludes the heir— Acquisition does not
very easily acquire a seisin that is protected against an abater, ..."
2. A Dictionary of the Portuguese and English Languages, in Two Parts by Antonio Vieyra, Jacinto Dias do Canto (1827)
"abater, to impair, to les- used in Portuguese with the tended. ... of that which
is the nominative of the verb abater; then (if the same verb is taken in ..."
3. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New TestamentsEnglish language (1815)
"... the i ля prall. ven» abater upon ti. l ... abater."
4. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1872)
"abater is explained by Lacombe, ' écouter avec étonnement, bouche béante, ... abater ..."
5. Facts about Peat as an Artical of Fuel by Thomas Hooker Leavitt (1867)
"It is really the abater of every nuisance" Although "nothing but peat," we are
satisfied from our own experience, and testimony abundant, that the statement ..."
6. An Analytical Digested Index to the Common Law Reports: From the Time of by Thomas Coventry, Samuel Hughes (1832)
"An abater may attorn. .... abater ..."
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