abated
Meanings
Pénétrer dans un immeuble sans permission après le décès du propriétaire et avant que l'héritier n'en prenne possession
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. "
Après la mort de M. Johnson sans testament, ne laissant aucune volonté claire, des squatteurs ont pénétré dans son appartement vacant, espérant le revendiquer avant l'arrivée de sa fille éloignée.
Abaissé, réduit
(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.