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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source
a·bate    Audio Help   [uh-beyt] Pronunciation Key verb, a·bat·ed, a·bat·ing.
–verb (used with object)
1.to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish: to abate a tax; to abate one's enthusiasm.
2.Law.
a.to put an end to or suppress (a nuisance).
b.to suspend or extinguish (an action).
c.to annul (a writ).
3.to deduct or subtract: to abate part of the cost.
4.to omit: to abate all mention of names.
5.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.
–verb (used without object)
6.to diminish in intensity, violence, amount, etc.: The storm has abated. The pain in his shoulder finally abated.
7.Law. to end; become null and void.
[Origin: 1300–50; ME < MF abatre to beat down, equiv. to a- a-5 + batre < LL batere for L battuere to beat; a- perh. also understood as a-3]

—Related forms
a·bat·a·ble, adjective
a·bat·er; Law. a·ba·tor, noun

—Synonyms 1. decrease, weaken. 6. subside.
—Antonyms 1, 6. increase, intensify.
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Thesaurus Entries
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus - Cite This Source
Main Entry:  decrease
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To grow or cause to grow gradually less.
Synonyms:  diminish, drain, dwindle, ebb, lessen, let up, peter, rebate, reduce, tail away, taper
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus - Cite This Source
Main Entry:  deduct
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To take away (a quantity) from another quantity.
Synonyms:  discount, rebate, subtract, take
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus - Cite This Source
Main Entry:  subside
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To become or cause to become less active or intense.
Synonyms:  bate, die, ease, ebb, fall, fall off, lapse, let up, moderate, remit, slacken, slack off, wane
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.


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Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia - Cite This Source

Baldinucci, Abate Filippo, 1624-96, Italian art historian and philologist. Baldinucci was a pioneer in research techniques and among the first to emphasize the aesthetic importance of the print. An artistic adviser to the Medici court, he also wrote the first dictionary of art terminology. His three-volume lives of the artists from Cimabue to the 17th-century masters remains a valuable historical source.

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