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"Sire xx sous m'en demande on, je n'en puis mie abatre une seule maille."
Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres Henry Adams 1878
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_abate_ is used by Shakespeare in the original sense of _abatre_, to
Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies Samuel Johnson 1746
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