Abash

a-bash' v. [abashed (-bashf), abashing.] To strike with sudden shame or fear to confuse; confound. [OF. esbahir, to astonish, fr. ex, out, hah — Abasb/ment. n. Confusion from shame. am, tame, far, pa or opera, sun. cube, full; moon, foot; cow, DICTIONARY OF LANGUAGE. ABEAM arti- Abate, a-baf, To bring down or reduce to a lower state, number, degree, etc.; to dirninish; lesone, sen. (Law.) To cause to fail. i writ; to destroy, as a nuisance.— v. To decrei-e, become le ui sixth strength, subside: to fail, as a writ. [L. ab and bau of the nere, to strike.] — Abate'ment. n. Act of abating; after deduction: mitigation; discount. — Abaf able, a.~ name Abat'er, -or, -er, n. B. — Abatis, Abattis. ab'a-tis, orab-a-:>', n. (Fort.) A row be of sharpened branches of trees turned outward for after defense. [F.. abattre, to beat down.]