ABATED
6 letters
9 Scrabble points
Definition of ABATED
verb
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(obsolete outside law) To put an end to; to cause to cease.
"to abate a nuisance"
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To become null and void.
"The writ has abated."
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To nullify; make void.
"to abate a writ"
verb
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To enter a tenement without permission after the owner has died and before the heir takes possession.
adjective
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(decorative arts) Lowered, beaten down, or cut away, as the background of an ornamental pattern in relief. Used specifically of stone-cutting; also of metal when the pattern or inscription is to show bright on dark, and the ground is therefore worked out with the graving-tool and left rough or hatched in lines.
Source: Wiktionary
Word Details
Letters
A
B
A
T
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D
Length
6 letters
Scrabble Score
9 points