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Webster 1913 Edition

(ȧ-bāt′ȧ-b’l)

Adj.

Capable of being abated;

as, an

abatable

writ or nuisance

Adj.

That may or can be abated; as an abatable writ or nuisance.

abatable ‎(comparative more abatable, superlative most abatable)

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

Capable of being abated

↑ Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 2