Abate

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil To lessen (something) in force or intensity; to moderate.

   “[Jupiter] whiche by his goodnes as Marcianus ſaieth, abateth the malice of Saturne. Therfore the Poets faine, that he did put his father out of his kingdome, Iſidore writeth as he abateth the malice of the euill Planets, […]”

2. fiil To reduce (something) in amount or size.

   “Thou haſt dominion ouer their power, and when they be exalted & ſet aloft in their waies, thou abateſt their courage, and deſtroyeſt them with thy mighty arme.”

3. fiil To cut away or hammer down (material from metalwork, a sculpture, etc.) in such a way as to leave a figure in relief.
4. fiil To lower (something) in price or value.

   “Few words drive a bargain with Peter Eskett. I never abate one farthing of my price; but then that price never asks more than a fair profit.”

5. fiil To demolish or level to the ground (a building or other structure).

   “[…] the kyng of Scottes […] with all hys hoſte and power entered into Englande (and threw doune pyles) the .xxij. daye of August, and planted hys ſiege before the Caſtell of Norham, and ſore abated the walles.”

6. fiil To give no consideration to (something); to treat as an exception.

   “Abate throw at Nouum, and the whole world againe, Cannot picke out fiue ſuch, take each one in his vaine.”

7. fiil To dull (an edge, point, etc.); to blunt.

   “Abate the edge of traitors gracious Lord, That vvould reduce theſe bloudy daies againe, And make poore England vveepe in ſtreames of bloud, […]”

8. fiil To make (a writ or other legal document) void; to nullify.

   “to abate a writ”

9. fiil To put an end to (a nuisance).

   “She was ordered by the court to abate the nuisance.”

10. fiil To dismiss or otherwise bring to an end (legal proceedings) before they are completed, especially on procedural grounds rather than on the merits.
11. fiil To curtail or end (something); to cause to cease.

    “to order restrictions to abate an emergency”

12. fiil To give (someone) a discount or rebate; also, to relieve (someone) of a debt.
13. fiil To bring down (someone) mentally or physically; to lower (someone) in status.

    “He is honoured amonge theym that be honoured, that fortune abateth without faute: and he is shamed amonge theym that be shamed, that fortune inhanceth without merite.”

14. fiil Chiefly followed by from, of, etc.: to omit or remove (a part from a whole); to deduct, to subtract.

    “We will abate this price from the total.”

15. fiil Chiefly followed by of: to deprive (someone or something of another thing).

    “She hath abated me of halfe my traine, Lookt blacke vpon me, ſtrooke mee with her tongue Moſt Serpent-like vpon the very heart, […]”

16. fiil To decrease in force or intensity; to subside.

    “[…] Plini writeth, that the crueltie of the Ramme abateth, if he bee perced in the horne neare vnto the eare. For the chiefeſt parte of his ſtrength, is in his hedd, where he is well armed to fighte.”

17. fiil To decrease in amount or size.

    “And the waters returned from aboue the earth, going and returning: and after the end of the hundreth and fiftieth day the waters abated.”

18. fiil To lower in price or value; (law) specifically, of a bequest in a will: to lower in value because the testator's estate is insufficient to satisfy all the bequests in full.

    “Bequests and legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets.”

19. fiil Of an edge, point, etc.: to become blunt or dull.

    “The third ſhild yelow, ſignifying the Barriers, and he that toucheth that ſhilde ſhalbee anſwered twelve ſtrokes at the Barriers, wyth the ſworde, edge and poynt abated.”

20. fiil Of a writ or other legal document: to become null and void; to cease to have effect.

    “The writ has abated.”

21. isim Abatement; reduction; (countable) an instance of this.

    “[Letter to Algernon Sidney dated 13 October 1681 (Julian calendar).] There are many things make a man's life uneasy in the world, which are great abates to the pleasure of living, but scarcely one equal to that of the unkindness or injustice of friends.”

22. isim Deduction; subtraction; (countable) an instance of this.
23. fiil To enter upon and unlawfully seize (land) after the owner has died, thus preventing an heir from taking possession of it.
24. isim An Italian abbot or other member of the clergy.
25. sıfat In the habit of.

    “He's gotten abate o' drinkin'.”

26. özel isim A surname from Italian.