What is to reduce in estimation; to deprive. [Obs.] She hath abated me of half my train. Shak called?
abate — To reduce in estimation; to deprive. [Obs.] She hath abated me of half my train. Shak. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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