Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which abates.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who abates a nuisance.
- noun A person who, without right, enters into a freehold on the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who abates a nuisance
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Examples
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I can send yoo linkees to my most newist wons…prolly I shood make mee an abator and get “bloo” so yoo can fynd my revoos.
Are you listening to me? - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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So a disseisor, abator, intruder, or the lord by escheat, &c., shall have them as things annexed to the land
The Common Law Oliver Wendell Holmes 1888
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The purposely constructed catalytic soot trap abator was developed for use on Stationary Genset Diesel Engines up to 3
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The purposely constructed catalytic soot trap abator was developed for use on Stationary Genset Diesel Engines up to 3
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