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abate
[ uh-beyt ]
verb (used with object)
to abate a tax;
to abate one's enthusiasm.
- Law.
- to put an end to or suppress (a nuisance).
- to suspend or extinguish (an action).
- to annul (a writ).
- to deduct or subtract:
to abate part of the cost.
- to omit:
to abate all mention of names.
- to remove, as in stone carving, or hammer down, as in metalwork, (a portion of a surface) in order to produce a figure or pattern in low relief.
abate
/ əˈbeɪt /
verb
- to make or become less in amount, intensity, degree, etc
the storm has abated
- tr law
- to remove, suppress, or terminate (a nuisance)
- to suspend or extinguish (a claim or action)
- to annul (a writ)
- intr law (of a writ, legal action, etc) to become null and void
- tr to subtract or deduct, as part of a price
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Other Words From
- a·bat·a·ble adjective
- a·bat·er Law. a·ba·tor noun
- un·a·bat·a·ble adjective
- un·a·bat·ing adjective
- un·a·bat·ing·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of abate1
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Example Sentences
Some express a feeling of hopelessness and that their intractable sadness will never abate.
That modern science has repeatedly affirmed their findings does little to abate the continuing doubt.
Perhaps, under different circumstances, with other kinds of modern Jewish women, their anger might start to abate.
To abate the overload, The Daily Beast created its first list of the best destinations on the Web.
He noted that the worst of the storm had passed, and the accompanying record surge would abate with the tide.
It is therefore our duty, sir, to protect our principal, and we cannot consent to abate one jot or tittle of our rights.
An appeal by a member of a subordinate lodge from a vote of expulsion does not abate by his death while the appeal is pending.
He had a vanity easily lacerated, and he was now too savage to abate the ferocity of his forensic attack.
The Abate Ziak, both by precept and example, taught me to support my sufferings with calmness and resignation.
We were much hurt, but we obtained as his successor the Abate Ziak, another learned and worthy divine.
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