The guardians of the temple met to choose a successor, and, naturally desirous that the sanctity of the oracle should suffer no abatement, elected a young priest of goodly presence and ascetic life; the humblest, purest, most fervent, and most ingenuous of the sons of men.

Many of the Writings now published as his, I have been very patiently traduced and culminated for; as they were pleasantries and oblique strokes upon certain of the wittiest men of the Age: who will now restore me to their goodwill, in proportion to the abatement of [the] Wit which they thought I employed against them.

During the reign of his father in 1254, accompanied by his wife and child, he travelled to the court of Mangu-khan, the great sovereign of the Tartars or Mongals, for the purpose of obtaining an abatement of the tribute which had been imposed by these conquerors upon his country, and appears to have been successful in his negotiations.

termine [It]; compensation &c 30; abatement of differences, adjustment, mutual concession.

Discount N. discount, abatement, concession, reduction, depreciation, allowance; qualification, set-off, drawback, poundage, agio^, percentage; rebate, rebatement^; backwardation, contango^; salvage; tare and tret^. sale, bargain; half price; price war.

He slapped the wet sand at the creeping fire, and wherever it struck there seemed to come a quick abatement of the conflagration.

Indeed, that it had this character was admitted by Lord Grey himself, with no abatement beyond such mitigation as might be found in the idea that it was only intended to affect their decision on a single question.

There was no abatement in any quarter either of vigilance or activity; watches were stationed in the city, outposts before the gates, and guards along the walls: and a cessation of business was observed for several days, as was necessary amid such general confusion.

Without any magistrates being elected in place of those retiring, private persons came forward as decemvirs, without any abatement either in their determination to enforce their authority, or any alteration in the insignia displayed as outward signs of office.

But there was no sign of abatement in the swift, cruel uncertainty of its movement, and it bore him on and down or up as it pleased.

I discern no symptoms of abatement of the distemper, but, on the contrary, an evident increase of malignity, and such is the opinion of all I have spoken with on the subject.

At the time of this litigation the term 'English Presbyterian' came much into vogue among Unitarians, and for some time there was a marked abatement of propagandist zeal.

If one will not accommodate himself to this unreasonable quantity by abatement of quality,if he be resolute to put love, faith, and imagination into his labor, and to be alive to the very top of his brain,then the body enters a protest, and dyspepsia, palsy, phthisis, insanity, or somewhat of the kind, ensues.

There is then an abatement in the symptoms, and recovery is rapid.

" "What else can you do?" asked Judith with a noticeable abatement of her previous disesteem.

On which side may palliation be pleaded, and which party may most reasonably claim an abatement of the rigors of law?

On which side may palliation be pleaded, and which party may most reasonably claim an abatement of the rigors of law?

Latterly the cure she uses has proved highly beneficial; the great weakness and want of appetite have disappeared, and the recovery of the chief functions (she used to perspire continually) and a certain abatement of her incessant excitement, have become noticeable.

The storm shows no sign of abatement and its character is as unpleasant as ever.

If all grammatical fame is little in itself, how can the abatement of what is undeserved of it be much?

An order, quoted by Mr. Malone, for abatement of the commencement-money paid at taking the Bachelor's degree, on account of poverty, applies to Jonathan, not to John Dryden.

He could not attend the deliberations as an editor; but he doubtless lent his suggestion and advice, for we find him among the distinguished guests and speakers at the banquet which followed the business session, and toasts to his candidacy as "the next United States Senator" show that his leadership had suffered no abatement.

"Had a majority of the court directly sustained the plea in abatement, and denied the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court appealed from, then all else they could have said and done would have been done and said in a cause not theirs to try and not theirs to discuss.

Speaking of Northcote's and Malone's account of Sir Joshua's "social and well-furnished table," he adds, "these accounts, however, in as far as regards the splendour of the entertainments, must be received with some abatement.

ABATEMENT, a mark of disgrace in a coat of arms.