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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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