abate
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[edit] Etymology 1
From Middle English, from Old French abatre (“‘to beat down’”), from Late Latin abatto, from ab- (“‘away’”) + batto, from Latin battuere (“‘to beat’”). Cognates: French abattre
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to abate (third-person singular simple present abates, present participle abating, simple past and past participle abated)
- (transitive) To bring down or reduce to a lower state, number, degree or estimation.
- Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets.
- 1597, Francis Bacon, Essays or Counsels, Civil and Morall:
- Not that they feel it so, but only to abate the edge of envy.
- 1605, William Shakespeare, King Lear, II.ii:
- She hath abated me of half my train
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), Deuteronomy 34:7
- His eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
- (intransitive) To diminish in force or intensity.
- The pain abates.
- c. 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe:
- […] in the morning, the wind having abated overnight, the sea was calm, […]
- 1855, Thomas Babington Macaulay, History of England from the Accession of James II, Part 3, page 267:
- The fury of Glengarry […] rapidly abated.
- (transitive) To deduct or omit.
- We will abate this price from the total.
- 1845, Thomas Fuller, The Church History of Britain, Volume 3, page 100:
- Allowing nine thousand parishes (abating the odd hundreds) in England and Wales […]
- (transitive) To bar or except.
- (transitive) To bring someone down physically or mentally.
- (transitive, law) To put an end to; to do away with.
- to abate a nuisance
- to abate a writ
- (intransitive, law) To be defeated or come to naught.
- The writ has abated.
- (archaic) To destroy, or level to the ground
- 1542, Edward Hall, The Union of the Noble and Illustre Famelies of Lancastre and York:
- The kynge of Scottes planted his siege before the castell of Norham, and sore abated the walls.
- 1542, Edward Hall, The Union of the Noble and Illustre Famelies of Lancastre and York:
[edit] Synonyms
- (bring down or reduce): lessen; diminish; contract; moderate; cut short; decrease
- (diminish in force or intensity): diminish; subside; decline
- (bring someone down): humble; depress
- (come to naught): fall through; fail
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to bring down or reduce to a lower state
to bring down a person physically or mentally
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to decrease or become less in strength
to deduct, to omit
obsolete: to bring entirely down or put an end to
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abate (plural abates)
[edit] External links
- abate at OneLook® Dictionary Search
- abate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
[edit] Etymology 2
From Italian abate
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abate (plural abates)
- An Italian abbot.
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- Gregg (Version: Centennial,Series 90,DJS,Simplified,Anniversary,Pre-Anniversary): a - b - a - t
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abate m. (plural abati)
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abate
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from Italian abate
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abate m., pl. abaţi
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abate (infinitive: abatir)
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of abatir.
- informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of abatir.
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