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  • 41abolish — abolish, annihilate, extinguish, abate share the meaning to make nonexistent. Abolish seldom refers to purely physical objects but rather to such things as are the outgrowth of law, custom, human conception, or the conditions of human existence… …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 42abate — UK [əˈbeɪt] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms abate : present tense I/you/we/they abate he/she/it abates present participle abating past tense abated past participle abated formal to gradually become less serious or extreme The fighting shows… …

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  • 43abate — /əˈbeɪt / (say uh bayt) verb (abated, abating) –verb (t) 1. to reduce in amount, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish: to abate a tax; to abate one s enthusiasm. 2. Law to put an end to or suppress (a nuisance); suspend or extinguish (an action);… …

  • 44revivor, bill of — In equity practice, a bill filed for the purpose of reviving or calling into operation the proceedings in a suit when, from some circumstance (as the death of the plaintiff), the suit had abated + bill of revivor One which is brought to continue… …

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  • 45bill of revivor — In equity practice, a bill filed for the purpose of reviving or calling into operation the proceedings in a suit when, from some circumstance (as the death of the plaintiff), the suit had abated + bill of revivor One which is brought to continue… …

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  • 46a|bat´or — a|bate «uh BAYT», verb, a|bat|ed, a|bat|ing. –v.t. 1. to make less in force or intensity; decrease; diminish: »The medicine abated his pain. Soft words did not abate her fury …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 47a|bat´er — a|bate «uh BAYT», verb, a|bat|ed, a|bat|ing. –v.t. 1. to make less in force or intensity; decrease; diminish: »The medicine abated his pain. Soft words did not abate her fury …

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  • 48a|bate — «uh BAYT», verb, a|bat|ed, a|bat|ing. –v.t. 1. to make less in force or intensity; decrease; diminish: »The medicine abated his pain. Soft words did not abate her fury …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 49JERUSALEM — The entry is arranged according to the following outline: history name protohistory the bronze age david and first temple period second temple period the roman period byzantine jerusalem arab period crusader period mamluk period …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 50NUISANCE — The owner or person in possession of land is not at liberty to use it as he pleases. Land, even if unencumbered, may not be used in such manner as to harm or disturb one s neighbors. Any neighbor can require the offending landowner to abate the… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism