batement

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noun

abatement; diminution

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Meanings

nounbatement (plural batements)

plural batements

  1. abatement; diminution

    Batement, To abate or waste a piece of Stuff, by forming of it to a designed purpose

    1677–1683, Joseph Moxon, “(please specify the page)”, in Mechanick Exercises, or The Doctrine of Handy-Works, […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] Joseph Moxon, published 1678–1683, →OCLC

Origin

For abatement. See bate.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

abetment
Cite this entry
APA

batement. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/batement

MLA

“batement.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/batement. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “batement,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/batement.

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