Abate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To reduce in amount, degree, or intensity; lessen. See Synonyms at decrease.
  • v. To deduct from an amount; subtract.
  • v. Law To put an end to.
  • v. Law To make void.
  • verb-intransitive. To fall off in degree or intensity; subside.
  • verb-intransitive. Law To become void.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To cut away or hammer down, in such a way as to leave a figure in relief, as a sculpture, or in metalwork.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To beat down; to overthrow.
  • v. To bring down or reduce from a higher to a lower state, number, or degree; to lessen; to diminish; to contract; to moderate; to cut short
  • v. To deduct; to omit.
  • v. To blunt.
  • v. To reduce in estimation; to deprive.
  • v.
  • v. To bring entirely down or put an end to; to do away with.
  • v. To diminish; to reduce. Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets.
  • verb-intransitive. To decrease, or become less in strength or violence.
  • verb-intransitive. To be defeated, or come to naught; to fall through; to fail.
  • n. Abatement.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To beat down; pull or batter down.
  • To deduct; subtract; withdraw from consideration.
  • To lessen; diminish; moderate: as, to abate a demand or a tax.
  • To deject; depress.
  • To deprive; curtail.
  • To deprive of; take away from.
  • In law: To cause to fail; extinguish: as, a cause of action for damages for a personal tort is abated by the death of either party.
  • To suspend or stop the progress of: as, where the cause of action survives the death of a party, the action may be abated until an executor or administrator can be appointed and substituted.
  • To reduce: as, a legacy is abated if the assets, after satisfying the debts, are not sufficient to pay it in full.
  • To destroy or remove; put an end to (a nuisance).
  • In metallurgy, to reduce to a lower temper.
  • To steep in an alkaline solution: usually shortened to bate. See bate.
  • To decrease or become less in strength or violence: as, pain abates; the storm has abated.
  • In law: To fail; come to a premature end; stop progress or diminish: as, an action or cause of action may abate by the death or marriage of a party. To enter into a freehold after the death of the last possessor, and before the heir or devisee takes possession. Blackstone.
  • In the manège, to perform well a downward motion.
  • In falconry, to flutter; beat with the wings. See bate.
  • n. Abatement or decrease.
  • n. See abbate.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. become less in amount or intensity
  • v. make less active or intense
  • Equivalent
    Verb Form
    abated    abates    abating   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    diminish    fall    lessen    decrease    minify   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    lessen    diminish    contract    moderate    deduct    omit    blunt    deprive    intermit    decline   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ate    Cate    Est    Fate    Haight    Iwate    Kate    Kuwait    Nate    Solid-state