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Abatement of noxious qualities; the counteraction of what is inconvenient or hurtful in its effects; as, the correction of acidity in the stomach.

To brood or sit on; to incubate. While the hen is covering her eggs, the male . . . diverts her with his songs. Addison.

To brood; to incubate. [Obs.] [Tortoises] covey a whole year before they hatch. Holland.

instruments are used in craning up a soul, sunk below the center, to the highest heavens. Bates. An upstart craned up to the height he has. Massinger.

To end; to finish; as, to cut off further debate. -- To cut out. (a) To remove by cutting or carving; as, to cut out a piece from a board. (b) To shape or form by cutting; as, to cut out a garment. " A large forest cut out into walks." Addison. (c) To scheme; to contrive; to prepare; as, to cut out work for another da…

on a party by the law. Burril. Bouvier. Dative executor, one appointed by the judge of probate, his office answering to that of an administrator.

Liable to be debated; disputable; subject to controversy or contention; open to question or dispute; as, a debatable question. The Debatable Land or Ground, a tract of land between the Esk and the Sark, claimed by both England and Scotland; the Batable Ground.

or arguing; discussion. Debating society or club, a society or club for the purpose of debate and improvement in extemporaneous speaking.

In the manner of a debate.

ting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive. "A decisive, irrevocable doom." Bates. "Decisive campaign." Macaulay. "Decisive proof." Hallam.

citizenship. [R.] We have no law -- as the French have -- to decitizenize a citizen. Edw. Bates.

usly, noisily, or theatrically; to make an empty speech; to rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant. Grenville seized the opportunity to declaim on the repeal of the stamp act. Bancroft.

iedly; in the form of a declaration. The priest shall expiate it, that is, declaratively. Bates.

That period of a disorder or paroxysm when the symptoms begin to abate in violence; as, the decline of a fever.

ng the force of a decree; determining. The will of God is either decretive or perceptive. Bates.

That which is deducted; the part taken away; abatement; as, a deduction from the yearly rent.

A lopping off; a diminution; abatement; deficit. Specifically: Reduction of a claim by deducting a counterclaim; set-off. Abbott.

To lop off; to bate. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

dregs, lees, etc.; refined; purified. Till the soul be defecate from the dregs of sense. Bates.

cline; degradation; debasement; degeneracy; deterioration. Our degeneration and apostasy. Bates.