abatable

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English

Etymology

abate +‎ -able

Pronunciation

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Adjective

abatable (comparative more abatable, superlative most abatable)

  1. Capable of being abated. [First attested from 1350 to 1470.][1]
    an abatable writ or nuisance.

Translations

References

  1. ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abatable”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.
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