Dictionary Definition
abate
Verb
2 become less in amount or intensity; "The storm
abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours" [syn: let up, slack off,
slack, die away]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology 1
From Old French abatre "to beat down", from Late Latin abatere, formed from ab- or ad- + battere, from Latin battuere "to beat".Verb
- To bring down or
reduce to a lower state,
number, degree or estimation; to lessen; to diminish; to contract; to moderate; to cut short.
- Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets.
- 1605: She hath abated me of half my train — William Shakespeare, King Lear, II.ii
- 1611: His eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated. — Deuteronomy 34:7
- To abate the edge of envy. - Francis Bacon
- To bring down (a person) physically or mentally; to humble; to depress.
- To decrease, or
become less in strength or violence; to experience a diminution of force or of
intensity.
- The pain abates.
- The storm abated.
- The fury of Glengarry ... rapidly abated. - Thomas Macaulay
- The pain abates.
- To deduct; to
omit; as, to abate some
amount from a price or count.
- Nine thousand parishes, abating the odd hundreds. - Fuller
- To bar; to except.
- To bring entirely down or put an end to; to do away with; to
destroy; to level with the ground.
- To abate a nuisance.
- To abate a writ.
- The King of Scots ... sore abated the walls. - Edward Hall
- To abate a nuisance.
- To be defeated or come to naught; to fall through; to fail.
- The writ has abated.
Derived terms
Translations
to bring down a person physically or mentally
to bring down or reduce to a lower state
to decrease or become less
to beat down
to bar, to except
to reduce in estimation
to bring entirely down or put an end to
- German: einstellen
- Portuguese: cessar
- Vietnamese: thanh toán, làm mất hết, huỷ bỏ, hủy bỏ, thủ tiêu
to diminish, to reduce
to be defeated
- Portuguese: derrotar
Translations to be checked
Noun
- abatement. - Sir T. Browne
Etymology 2
From Italian abateNoun
- An Italian abbot.
Shorthand
- Gregg (Version: Centennial,Series 90,DJS,Simplified,Anniversary,Pre-Anniversary): a - b - a - t
Italian
Pronunciation
Noun
Related terms
Novial
Noun
abateRomanian
Etymology
from Italian abateNoun
abate , pl. abaţiExtensive Definition
Abate may refer to:
- A brand name for temefos
- ABATE, a motorcycle club
- Abate (surname)
- Abatement
abate in German: Abate
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
ablate,
abolish, abrade, abrogate, abstract, adjust to, allay, alleviate, allow, alter, anesthetize, annihilate, annul, appease, assuage, attemper, attenuate, bank the fire,
bate, be eaten away,
benumb, blot out,
blunt, box in, charge off,
chasten, circumscribe, close, condition, constrain, consume, consume away, control, corrode, cramp, cripple, crumble, curtail, cushion, cut, damp, dampen, de-emphasize, deaden, deaden the pain, debilitate, decline, decrease, deduct, deliquesce, depreciate, derogate, detract, devitalize, die away, die
down, dilute, diminish, discount, disparage, dive, downplay, drain, drop, drop off, dull, dwindle, ease, ease matters, ease off, ease
up, eat away, ebb, enervate, enfeeble, eradicate, erode, eviscerate, exhaust, extenuate, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, extract, fall, fall away, fall off, file
away, foment, give
relief, gruel, hedge, hedge about, impair, invalidate, keep within
bounds, kick back, languish, lay, lay low, leach, leaven, lenify, lessen, let down, let up,
lighten, limit, loose, loosen, lull, make allowance, melt away,
mitigate, moderate, modify, modulate, mollify, narrow, negate, nullify, numb, obtund, pad, palliate, play down, plummet, plunge, poultice, pour balm into, pour
oil on, purify, qualify, quash, rattle, rebate, recede, reduce, reduce the temperature,
refine, refund, regulate by, relax, relent, relieve, remit, remove, restrain, restrict, retrench, root out, rub away,
run its course, run low, sag, salve, sap, season, set conditions, set
limits, shake, shake up,
shorten, shrink, sink, slack, slack off, slack up,
slacken, slake, slow down, smother, sober, sober down, soften, soften up, soothe, stifle, stupe, subduct, subdue, subside, subtract, suppress, tail off, take a
premium, take away, take from, take off, tame, taper, taper off, temper, thin, thin out, tone down, tune
down, unbend, unbrace, undermine, underplay, undo, unman, unnerve, unstrain, unstrengthen, unstring, vitiate, wane, waste, waste away, water down,
weaken, wear, wear away, weed, wipe out, withdraw, write
off