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ABATE

\ɐbˈe͡ɪt], \ɐbˈe‍ɪt], \ɐ_b_ˈeɪ_t]\

Definitions of ABATE

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language

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become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours"

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

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; as, to abate a demand; to abate pride, zeal, hope.
To deduct; to omit; as, to abate something from a price.
To blunt.
To reduce in estimation; to deprive.
To bring entirely down or put an end to; to do away with; as, to abate a nuisance, to abate a writ.
To diminish; to reduce. Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets.
To decrease, or become less in strength or violence; as, pain abates, a storm abates.
To be defeated, or come to naught; to fall through; to fail; as, a writ abates.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

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; as, to abate a demand; to abate pride, zeal, hope.
To deduct; to omit; as, to abate something from a price.
To blunt.
To reduce in estimation; to deprive.
To bring entirely down or put an end to; to do away with; as, to abate a nuisance, to abate a writ.
To diminish; to reduce. Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets.
To decrease, or become less in strength or violence; as, pain abates, a storm abates.
To be defeated, or come to naught; to fall through; to fail; as, a writ abates.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

An organothiophosphate insecticide.

2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

To lessen; suppress.
To decrease; moderate; subside; as, the storm abates.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

1. To do away with. 2. To lessen, decrease, become reduced.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

To lessen: to mitigate.
To grow less.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

To lessen; to diminish; to decrease; to subside.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

To lessen; reduce; do away with.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

To deduct; to lessen.
To become less; to fail.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

To lessen; to lower in price; to grow less; to subside.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

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