Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In decorative art, lowered, beaten down, or cut away, as the background of an ornamental pattern in relief.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
abate .
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Examples
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The world waited with baited breath (or is that bated breath, as in abated?) for the results of Northampton County judicial and county elections.
November 4th, 2009 m_francis 2009
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The rain abated in the afternoon and the course drained well enough to resume play at 4 p.m.
USATODAY.com - Jonathan Byrd snares B.C. Open title in closing holes 2004
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Afterwards, as my pain abated, I began to be haunted by occasional memories of something pleasant that had crossed my dreary life; visions of a brave, bright young face, ready alike to battle with and enjoy the world.
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Toward morning the fever and pain abated, and he fell into a sweet sleep.
The Hidden Hand 1888
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We did so, and were safe; but there we had to remain, wet to our skins, until the wind and the rain abated sufficiently for us to manage our little craft.
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He says that it's possible additional tax breaks will be approved late this year, but that pressure on Congress to approve more stimulus measures has "abated" because of the recent enactment of the historic economic-rescue package and because "the crisis atmosphere is lessening."
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That an impeachment was not "abated" by a dissolution had been affirmed by the lords in the case of Lord Danby in 1679, but this decision was reversed in 1685.
The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration William Hunt 1886
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Has pricing, I know that has kind of abated in the past, in the last couple of quarters certainly in the December quarter, but is pricing becoming more into the picture now as a pressure?
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Rent during first year of the lease will be "abated," according to a document filed with the
National Business News - Local Business News | bizjournals 2010
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Rent during first year of the lease will be "abated," according to a document filed with the
San Francisco Business News - Local San Francisco News | The San Francisco Business Times 2010
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