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
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
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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.
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To deduct; to omit; as, to abate something from a price.
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To blunt.
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To reduce in estimation; to deprive.
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To bring entirely down or put an end to; to do away with; as, to abate a nuisance, to abate a writ.
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To diminish; to reduce. Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets.
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To decrease, or become less in strength or violence; as, pain abates, a storm abates.
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To be defeated, or come to naught; to fall through; to fail; as, a writ abates.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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To deduct; to omit; as, to abate something from a price.
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To blunt.
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To reduce in estimation; to deprive.
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To bring entirely down or put an end to; to do away with; as, to abate a nuisance, to abate a writ.
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To diminish; to reduce. Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets.
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To decrease, or become less in strength or violence; as, pain abates, a storm abates.
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To be defeated, or come to naught; to fall through; to fail; as, a writ abates.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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