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abated

/Ι™ΛˆbeΙͺtΙͺd/ /Ι™ΛˆbeΙͺΙΎΙͺd/
Visual illustration of abated: (obsolete outside law) To put an end to; to cause to cease.
verb

(obsolete outside law) To put an end to; to cause to cease.

Visual illustration of abated: (decorative arts) Lowered, beaten down, or cut away, as the background of an ornamental pattern in relief. Used specifically of stone-cutting; also of metal when the pattern or inscription is to show bright on dark, and the ground is therefore worked out with the graving-tool and left rough or hatched in lines.
adjective

(decorative arts) Lowered, beaten down, or cut away, as the background of an ornamental pattern in relief. Used specifically of stone-cutting; also of metal when the pattern or inscription is to show bright on dark, and the ground is therefore worked out with the graving-tool and left rough or hatched in lines.