abater
US/əˈbeɪ.tɚ/
abater noun: one who, or that which, abates.
Noun
abater (plural abaters)
- One who, or that which, abates.
- This is the great Prince of Grecia, called the Knight of the Sunne, restorer of the auncient kingdome of Tinacria, & the abater and breaker of the strength of the most strongest Giants in all the world.1583, Pedro de la Sierra, translated by Robert Parry, The Second Part of the Myrror of Knighthood, London: Thomas Este, Book 1, Part 2, Chapter 21
- Anodyne, or Abaters of Pain of the Alimentary Kind. Such things as relax the Tension of the affected nervous Fibres […]1732, John Arbuthnot, Practical Rules of Diet in the Various Constitutions and Diseases of Human Bodies, London: J. Tonson, Chapter 1, section 26, p. 281
abater meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Kannada
abater in Tamil
- விலக்குபவர்
abater in Bengali
- হ্রাসকারী
abater in Kannada
- ತಗ್ಗಿಸುವವನು, ಕಡಮೆಮಾಡುವವನು, ಕುಗ್ಗಿಸುವವನು, ರದ್ದುಮಾಡುವವನು, ವಜಾಮಾಡುವವನು, ಅಂತ್ಯಗೊಳಿಸುವವನು
Forms of abater
| plural | abaters |
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Origin of abater
From Middle English abatere. Equivalent to abate + -er.
Words that rhyme with abater
- translator
- alligator
- vibrator
- freighter
- terminator
- waiter
- crater
- curator
- gaiter
- incubator
- plater
- pulsator
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- skater
- cater
- collator
- creator
- dictator
- equator
- escalator
- greater
- later
- relator
- rotator
- collimator
- dilator
- excavator
- frater
- gator
- inflater
- locator
- narrator
- palpator
- saeter
- slater
- traitor
- viator
- awaiter
- baiter
- citator
- corrugator
- dater
- deflator
- dominator
- emasculator
- glossator
- gyrator
- hater
- hydrator
- legator
- levator
- mandator
- mater
- migrator
- negator
- nitrator
- plaiter
- procreator
- spectator
- tater
- titrator
Questions about abater
- What does abater mean?
- Abater means one who, or that which, abates.
- What is abater in Tamil?
- Abater in Tamil is விலக்குபவர். See Abater meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is abater?
- Abater is a noun.
- How do you pronounce abater?
- Abater is pronounced /əˈbeɪ.tɚ/ (US).
- What is the plural of abater?
- The plural of abater is abaters.
Words near abater in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: abater (page history and authors); abater (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); abater (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); abater (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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