What is to blunt. [Obs.] To abate the edge of envy. Bacon called?
abate — To blunt. [Obs.] To abate the edge of envy. Bacon. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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