Obs. [f. ABATE v.1] Abatement.

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  1.  Depression, casting down.

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1423.  James I., King’s Quair, II. xxi. For quhich sodayne abate, anon astert The blude of all my body to my hert.

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  2.  The lowering of a quality; diminution.

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1646.  H. Lawrence, Com. & Warre with Angels, Ep. Ded. The abate of power & strength which sinne had caus’d.

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  3.  Deduction, subtraction.

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1646.  Sir T. Browne, Pseud. Ep., IV. vii. 195. Nor will the difference be sensible in the abate of scruples or dragmes.

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