abatable

      English

      Etymology

      Pronunciation

      Adjective

      abatable (comparative more abatable, superlative most abatable)

      1. Capable of being abated. [First attested from 1350 to 1470.][1]
        an abatable writ or nuisance.

      Translations

      Capable of being abated

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      References

      1. ^ 2003 [1933], Brown, Lesley editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, edition 5th, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7, page 2:
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