v (transitive|obsolete) To put an end to; To cause to cease. (defdate|First attested from around (1150 to 1350).)
v (transitive|legal|only) To put an end to; To cause to cease. (defdate|First attested from around (1150 to 1350).)
v (intransitive) To become null and void. (defdate|First attested in the late 15th century.)
v (transitive|legal) To nullify; make void. (defdate|First attested in the late 15th century.)
v (transitive|obsolete) To humble; to lower in status; to bring someone down physically or mentally. (defdate|Attested from around (1150 to 1350) until the mid 17th century.)
v (intransitive|obsolete) To be humbled; to be brought down physically or mentally. (defdate|Attested from around (1150 to 1350) until the mid 17th century.)
v (transitive|obsolete) To curtail; to deprive. (defdate|Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the mid 19th century.)
v (transitive) To reduce in amount, size, or value. (defdate|First attested in 1325)(reference-book | last = Dobbie | first = Elliott K. | coauthors = Dunmore, C. William, et al. | editor = Barnhart, Robert K.| title = Chambers Dictionary of Etymology | origyear = 1998 | year = 2004 | publisher = Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd | location = Edinburgh, Scotland | isbn =0550142304 | pages = 2)
v (intransitive) To decrease in size, value, or amount. (defdate|First attested in 1325)
v (transitive) To moderate; to lessen in force, intensity, to subside. (defdate|First attested from around (1150 to 1350).)
v (intransitive) To decrease in intensity or force; to subside. (defdate|First attested from around (1150 to 1350).)
v (transitive) To deduct or omit. (defdate|First attested from around (1350 to 1470).)
v (transitive) To bar or except. (defdate|First attested in the late 16th century.)
v (transitive) To cut away or hammer down, in such a way as to leave a figure in relief, as a sculpture, or in metalwork.
v (transitive|obsolete) To dull the edge or point of; to blunt. (defdate|Attested from the mid 16th century until the late 17th century.)
v (transitive|archaic) To destroy, or level to the ground. (defdate|First attested from around (1350 to 1470).)
v (context|intransitive|legal) To enter a tenement without permission after the owner has died and before the heir takes possession. (defdate|First attested around 1350 to 1470.)
n (obsolete)abatement. (defdate|Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the late 17th century.)(reference-book | last =| first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | editor =Brown, Lesley | others = | title = The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary | origdate = | origyear = 1933| origmonth = | url = | format = | accessdate = | accessyear = | accessmonth = | edition = 5th | date = | year =2003| month = | publisher =Oxford University Press | location =Oxford, UK | language = | id = | doi = | isbn =978-0-19-860575-7 | lccn = | ol = | pages =2| chapter = | chapterurl = | quote =)
n An Italian abbot, or other member of the clergy. (defdate|First attested in the early 18th century.)