abated English

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abated adjective

— (decorative arts) Lowered, beaten down, or cut away, as the background of an ornamental pattern in relief. Used specifically of stone-cutting; also of metal when the pattern or inscription is to show bright on dark, and the ground is therefore worked out with the graving-tool and left rough or hatched in lines.

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abated English » English

subsided

weak

removed

quiet

gone

decreased

decrease

calm

be reduced

be lowered

allayed