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
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