(uncountable) Abatement; reduction; (countable) an instance of this.
(uncountable) Deduction; subtraction; (countable) an instance of this.
An Italian abbot or other member of the clergy.
verb
(archaic, chiefly figuratively) Of an edge, point, etc.: to become blunt or dull.
(chiefly US) Of legal proceedings: to be dismissed or otherwise brought to an end before they are completed, especially on procedural grounds rather than on the merits.
(chiefly US) To dismiss or otherwise bring to an end (legal proceedings) before they are completed, especially on procedural grounds rather than on the merits.
(chiefly figuratively) To dull (an edge, point, etc.); to blunt.
(chiefly historical) Of a writ or other legal document: to become null and void; to cease to have effect.
(transitive, intransitive, law, chiefly historical) To enter upon and unlawfully seize (land) after the owner has died, thus preventing an heir from taking possession of it.
Chiefly followed by from, of, etc.: to omit or remove (a part from a whole); to deduct, to subtract.
Chiefly followed by of: to deduct or subtract from.
Chiefly followed by of: to deprive (someone or something of another thing).
To bow down; hence, to be abased or humbled.
To bring down (someone) mentally or physically; to lower (someone) in status.
To curtail or end (something); to cause to cease.
To cut away or hammer down (material from metalwork, a sculpture, etc.) in such a way as to leave a figure in relief.
To decrease in amount or size.
To decrease in force or intensity; to subside.
To demolish or level to the ground (a building or other structure).
To give (someone) a discount or rebate; also, to relieve (someone) of a debt.
To give a discount or rebate; to discount, to rebate.
To give no consideration to (something); to treat as an exception.
To lessen (something) in force or intensity; to moderate.
To lower (something) in price or value.
To lower in price or value; (law) specifically, of a bequest in a will: to lower in value because the testator's estate is insufficient to satisfy all the bequests in full.
To make (a writ or other legal document) void; to nullify.
To put an end to (a nuisance).
To reduce (something) in amount or size.
abert
abets
abets
noun
plural of abet
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abet
ablet
ablet
noun
A small fresh-water fish (Alburnus alburnus); the bleak.
abnet
abnet
noun
The girdle of a Jewish priest or officer.
abote
abret
ateba
baret
baste
baste
noun
A basting; a sprinkling of drippings etc. in cooking.
verb
(archaic, slang) To beat with a stick; to cudgel.
(by extension) To coat over something.
To mark (sheep, etc.) with tar.
To sew with long or loose stitches, as for temporary use, or in preparation for gathering the fabric.
To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting.
batea
bated
bated
adj
Reduced; lowered; restrained
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bate
batel
baten
bater
bates
bates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bate
bathe
bathe
noun
(Britain, colloquial) The act of swimming or bathing, especially in the sea, a lake, or a river; a swimming bath.
verb
(figuratively, transitive and intransitive) To cover or surround.
(intransitive) To clean oneself by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath.
(intransitive) To immerse oneself, or part of the body, in water for pleasure or refreshment; to swim.
(intransitive) To sunbathe.
(transitive) To apply water or other liquid to; to suffuse or cover with liquid.
(transitive) To clean a person by immersion in water or using water; to give someone a bath.
She bathed her eyes with liquid to remove the stinging chemical.
batse
beant
beant
verb
(dialectal, rare), variant of bean't.
beast
beast
adj
(slang, chiefly Midwestern and northeastern US) great; excellent; powerful
noun
(figuratively) Something unpleasant and difficult.
(more specific) A domestic animal, especially a bovine farm animal.
(prison slang, derogatory) A sex offender.
(slang) Anything regarded as larger or more powerful than one of its normal size or strength.
(slang) Someone who is particularly impressive, especially athletically or physically.
A person who behaves in a violent, antisocial or uncivilized manner.
A thing or matter, especially a difficult or unruly one.
Any animal other than a human; usually only applied to land vertebrates, especially large or dangerous four-footed ones.
verb
(Britain, military) to impose arduous exercises, either as training or as punishment.
beata
beath
beath
verb
(transitive) To dry or heat (unseasoned) wood for the purpose of straightening it.
(transitive, dialectal) To bathe (with warm liquid); foment.
beati
beati
noun
plural of beatus
beats
beats
noun
plural of beat
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beat
beaut
beaut
adj
(dialectal, especially Australia) Beautiful, splendid.
noun
(informal) Something or someone that is physically attractive.
(informal) Something that is a remarkable example of its type.
Characteristic of unthinking animals; senseless, unreasoning (of humans).
Crude, unpolished.
Strong, blunt, and spontaneous.
Unconnected with intelligence or thought; purely material, senseless.
Without reason or intelligence (of animals).
noun
(archaic) An animal seen as being without human reason; a senseless beast.
(archaic, UK, Cambridge University slang) One who has not yet matriculated.
(film, television) A kind of powerful spotlight.
A person with the characteristics of an unthinking animal; a coarse or brutal person.
verb
(transitive) To shape (diamonds) by grinding them against each other.
Obsolete spelling of bruit
bsmet
bsret
bstie
btise
buote
buret
buret
noun
Alternative spelling of burette
butea
buteo
buteo
noun
Any of the broad-winged soaring raptors of the genus Buteo.
butes
butle
butle
verb
(rare) Alternative form of buttle.
butte
butte
noun
(US) An isolated hill with steep sides and a flat top.
bytes
bytes
noun
plural of byte
cabet
debat
debit
debit
adj
of or relating to process of taking money from an account
of or relating to the debit card function of a debit card rather than its often available credit card function
noun
A sum of money taken out of a bank account. Thus called, because in bank's bookkeeping a cash withdrawal diminishes the amount of money held on the account, i.e. bank's debt to the customer.
In bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account.
verb
To make an entry on the debit side of an account.
To record a receivable in the bookkeeping.
debts
debts
noun
plural of debt
debut
debut
noun
(Philippines) The coming-of-age celebration of a woman's eighteenth birthday.
(also attributive) The first public presentation of a theatrical play, motion picture, opera, musical composition, dance, or other performing arts piece.
A performer's first performance to the public, in sport, the arts or some other area.
The first appearance of a debutante in society.
verb
(intransitive) to make one's initial formal appearance
(transitive, chiefly US) to formally introduce, as to the public
ebbet
ebert
estab
gobet
habet
hbert
ibert
jebat
lubet
lubet
noun
(countable) pleasure.
obert
objet
objet
noun
Clipping of objet d'art.
obote
rebut
rebut
verb
To deny the truth of something, especially by presenting arguments that disprove it.