abated
Meanings
Disminuir, amainar
Examples :
Entrar en una propiedad sin permiso después de la muerte del propietario y antes de que el heredero tome posesión
Examples :
"After Mr. Johnson died intestate, leaving no clear will, squatters abated his vacant apartment, hoping to claim it before his estranged daughter could arrive. "
Después de que el Sr. Johnson muriera intestado, sin dejar un testamento claro, los okupas entraron en su apartamento desocupado, con la esperanza de reclamarlo antes de que su hija distanciada pudiera llegar.
Disminuido, rebajado
(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.