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abate

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a·bate  (-bt)
v. a·bat·ed, a·bat·ing, a·bates
v.tr.
1. To reduce in amount, degree, or intensity; lessen. See Synonyms at decrease.
2. To deduct from an amount; subtract.
3. Law
a. To put an end to.
b. To make void.
v.intr.
1. To fall off in degree or intensity; subside.
2. Law To become void.

[Middle English abaten, from Old French abattre, to beat down : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + batre, to beat; see batter1.]

abate [əˈbeɪt]
vb
1. to make or become less in amount, intensity, degree, etc. the storm has abated
2. (Law) (tr) Law
a.  to remove, suppress, or terminate (a nuisance)
b.  to suspend or extinguish (a claim or action)
c.  to annul (a writ)
3. (Law) (intr) Law (of a writ, legal action, etc.) to become null and void
4. (tr) to subtract or deduct, as part of a price
[from Old French abatre to beat down, fell]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.abate - make less active or intense
minify, decrease, lessen - make smaller; "He decreased his staff"
2.abate - become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours"
decrease, diminish, lessen, fall - decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"

abate
Translations
abate [əˈbeɪt]
A. VI [wind, storm] → amainar; [fever] → bajar; [flood] → retirarse, bajar; [noise] → disminuir; [anger] → aplacarse; [pain, symptoms] → remitir; [enthusiasm] → moderarse
inflationary pressures are abatingceden or remiten las presiones inflacionistas
B. VT (Jur) [+ noise, pollution] (= eliminate) → eliminar; (= reduce) → disminuir

abate [əˈbeɪt] vi [storm, noise, violence] → s'apaiser, se calmer; [fever, symptoms] → s'apaiser, se calmer

abate
vinachlassen; (storm, eagerness, interest, noise also)abflauen; (pain, fever also)abklingen; (flood)zurückgehen
vt (form) noise, sb’s interestdämpfen; feversenken; painlindern

abate [əˈbeɪt] vi (frm) (anger, enthusiasm, storm) → placarsi, calmarsi; (pain) → calmarsi; (fever) → abbassarsi, calare; (flood) → abbassarsi; (noise) → diminuire, affievolirsi

abate
v abate [əˈbeit]
to become less The storm abated. uitwoed يَخِفْ، يَهْدأ утихвам zeslábnout, zmírnit se aftage nachlassen κοπάζω disminuir, amainar leevenema, raugema فروکش کردن laantua diminuer לְהַחֲלִישׁ, לִשׁכּוֹך कम होना umanjiti enyhül reda minnka, lægja diminuire 和らぐ 약해지다 sumažėti, nurimti mazināt[]; atslābt; pierimt reda bedaren avta, minke słabnąć diminuir a se domoli; a se micşora ослабевать zmenšiť sa; zmierniť sa; utíšiť sa poleči se; znižati smanjiti avta น้อยลง; สิ้นสุด dinmek, yatışmak 減輕,消退 ослабляти; зменшувати کم ہونا ، ہلکا ہونا dịu đi
n aˈbatement
uitwoeding تَخْفِيف، مَبْلَغ مُسقَط مِن الضَّريبه намаляване zeslabení, zmírnění formindskelse; reduktion das Nachlassen ελάττωση, ύφεση disminución leevenemine, raugemine کاهش؛ تخفیف laantuminen diminution הַפחָתָה कमी popuštanje enyhülés pengurangan minnkun, lækkun diminuzione 減少 감소, 완화 sumažėjimas, nuslūgimas samazināšana; mazināšanās, atslābšana; pierimšana keredaan het bedaren tilbakegang, minking, redusering słabnięcie diminuição domolire; reducere ослабление zmenšenie omejevanje smanjenje avtagande การลดลง azal(t)ma 減輕,消退 зменшення, послаблення کم ، ہلکا sự dịu đi


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The waves of the great movement abate, and on the calm surface eddies are formed in which float the diplomatists, who imagine that they have caused the floods to abate.
How or when my frenzy for him began to abate I cannot say, but it certainly waned, and it must have waned rapidly, for after no great while I found myself feeling the charm of quite different minds, as fully as if his had never enslaved me.
Further, he ought to entertain the people with festivals and spectacles at convenient seasons of the year; and as every city is divided into guilds or into societies,[*] he ought to hold such bodies in esteem, and associate with them sometimes, and show himself an example of courtesy and liberality; nevertheless, always maintaining the majesty of his rank, for this he must never consent to abate in anything.
 
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