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abated, ppl. a.|əˈbeɪtɪd|
[f. abate v.1 + -ed.]
†1. Beaten, subdued, cast down. Obs.
1534More Comf. agaynste tribul. iii. (Wks. 1557) 1258/1 That oure fleshlye affeccions, be more abated and refrayned by the dreade and terroure of hell. 1548in Strype Eccl. Mem. vi. 351 The weakness of his often abated enemies. 1610Shakes. Cor. iii. iii. 132 Deliver you As most abated Captiues, to some Nation That wonne you without blowes. 1661Parismus i. 89 Which so revived the abated hearts of the Thessalins.
2. Diminished, reduced, lowered in quality or amount.
1594R. C[arew] Huarte's Exam. of Wits (1616) 45 And those in whom this abated heat approcheth least. 1607Topsell Serpents (1673) 629 By fasting it hath made his flesh low and abated. 1855I. Taylor Restor. Belief. 100 An abated Christianity. 1859― Logic in Theol. 312 To establish an abated, or a contrary belief. |