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العربية
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رابطة المصرفيين الأمريكية
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Definition & Synonyms
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• Abacination
- (n.) The act of abacinating.
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• Abate
- (v. t.) To beat down; to overthrow.
- (v. t.) To bring down or reduce from a higher to a lower state, number, or degree; to lessen; to diminish; to contract; to moderate; to cut short; as, to abate a demand; to abate pride, zeal, hope.
- (v. t.) To deduct; to omit; as, to abate something from a price.
- (v. t.) To blunt.
- (v. t.) To reduce in estimation; to deprive.
- (v. t.) To bring entirely down or put an end to; to do away with; as, to abate a nuisance, to abate a writ.
- (v. t.) To diminish; to reduce. Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets.
- (v. t.) To decrease, or become less in strength or violence; as, pain abates, a storm abates.
- (v. t.) To be defeated, or come to naught; to fall through; to fail; as, a writ abates.
- (n.) Abatement.
Synonyms:
Slack, Slake,
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• Abay
- (n.) Barking; baying of dogs upon their prey. See Bay.
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• Abaculi
- (pl. ) of Abaculus
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• Abaisance
- (n.) Obeisance.
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• Abaiser
- (n.) Ivory black or animal charcoal.
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• Abaist
- (p. p.) Abashed; confounded; discomfited.
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• Abalone
- (n.) A univalve mollusk of the genus Haliotis. The shell is lined with mother-of-pearl, and used for ornamental purposes; the sea-ear. Several large species are found on the coast of California, clinging closely to the rocks.
Synonyms:
Ear-shell,
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• Aband
- (v. t.) To abandon.
- (v. t.) To banish; to expel.
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• Abase
- (a.) To lower or depress; to throw or cast down; as, to abase the eye.
- (a.) To cast down or reduce low or lower, as in rank, office, condition in life, or estimation of worthiness; to depress; to humble; to degrade.
Synonyms:
Chagrin, Humble, Humiliate, Mortify,
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