| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Capable of being abated.[Wordnet]
2. Capable of being abated; as, an abatable writ or nuisance.[Websters] 3. Being allowable or deductible. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb abatably.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (abatably) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective abatable.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "ABATABLE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
Specialty Definition: ABATABLE
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adjective] That may or can be abated; as an abatable writ or nuisance.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Adjective] Capable of being abated. an abatable writ or nuisance. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: ABATABLE
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Abatable nuisance | A nuisance that can remedied (suppressed or extinguished or rendered harmless); "the continued existence of an abatable nuisance is not authorized under the law". Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
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