meaning of abate

1. To beat down; to overthrow.
2.
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.
3.
To deduct; to omit; as, to abate something from a price.
4.
To blunt.
5.
To reduce in estimation; to deprive.
6.
To bring entirely down or put an end to; to do away with; as, to abate a nuisance, to abate a writ.
7.
To diminish; to reduce. Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets.
8.
To decrease, or become less in strength or violence; as, pain abates, a storm abates.
9.
To be defeated, or come to naught; to fall through; to fail; as, a writ abates.
10.
Abatement.
11.
become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few ">hours"


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