abated

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English

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /əˈbeɪtɪd/
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Verb

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abated

  1. simple past and past participle of abate

Adjective

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abated

  1. (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.
  2. (poetry) humbled.

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