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abated

  • /əˈbeɪtɪd/

Rhymes with -eɪtɪd

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of abate For quotations using this term, see Citations:abated.

adjective

  1. 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. humbled.

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"abated." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/abated. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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abated. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/abated

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"abated." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/abated.

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@misc{abated_2026,
  title = {abated},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/abated},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}