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Webster 1913 Edition


Abater

A-bat′er

(-ẽr)
,
Noun.
One who, or that which, abates.

Webster 1828 Edition


Abater

ABA'TER

,
Noun.
The person or thing that abates.

Definition 2024


abater

abater

See also: abàter

English

Noun

abater (plural abaters)

  1. One who, or that which, abates. [Early 19th century.][1]

Translations

References

  1. Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 2

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese abater, from Vulgar Latin *abbatere, present active infinitive of *abbatō, *abbatuō, from Latin battuō, from Gaulish.

Cognate with Galician abater, Spanish abatir, Catalan abatre, French abattre, Italian abbattere, and Romanian abate.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.bɐ.ˈteɾ/, [ɐ.βɐ.ˈteɾ]
  • Hyphenation: a‧ba‧ter

Verb

abater (first-person singular present indicative abato, past participle abatido)

  1. to collapse
  2. to topple
  3. to slaughter
  4. to abate, weaken

Conjugation

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