ABATE
WordNet

verb


(1)   Become less in amount or intensity
"The storm abated"
"The rain let up after a few hours"
(2)   Make less active or intense
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Etymology 1


From , from , from , from + , from . Cognates: French abattre

Verb



  1. To bring down or reduce to a lower state, number, degree or estimation.
    Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets.
  2. To diminish in force or intensity.
    The pain abates.
    • c. 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe:
      in the morning, the wind having abated overnight, the sea was calm,
    • 1855, Thomas Babington Macaulay, History of England from the Accession of James II, Part 3, page 267:
      The fury of Glengarry rapidly abated.
  3. To deduct or omit.
    We will abate this price from the total.
    • 1845, Thomas Fuller, The Church History of Britain, Volume 3, page 100:
      Allowing nine thousand parishes (abating the odd hundreds) in England and Wales
  4. To bar or except.
  5. To bring someone down physically or mentally.
  6. To put an end to; to do away with.
    to abate a nuisance
    to abate a writ
  7. To be defeated or come to naught.
    The writ has abated.
  8. To destroy, or level to the ground
    • 1542, Edward Hall, The Union of the Noble and Illustre Famelies of Lancastre and York:
      The kynge of Scottes planted his siege before the castell of Norham, and sore abated the walls.

Synonyms
lessen; diminish; contract; moderate; cut short; decrease diminish; subside; decline humble; depress fall through; fail

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