Definition of abate

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Abate (v. t.) To deduct; to omit; as, to abate something from a price..

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Batement :: Batement (n.) Abatement; diminution.
Abated :: Abated (imp. & p. p.) of Abat.
Allay :: Allay (v. t.) To diminish in strength; to abate; to subside.
Correction :: Correction (n.) Abatement of noxious qualities; the counteraction of what is inconvenient or hurtful in its effects; as, the correction of acidity in the stomach..
Cooler :: Cooler (n.) That which cools, or abates heat or excitement..
Decline :: Decline (v. i.) That period of a disorder or paroxysm when the symptoms begin to abate in violence; as, the decline of a fever..
Revivor :: Revivor (n.) Revival of a suit which is abated by the death or marriage of any of the parties, -- done by a bill of revivor..
Abate :: Abate (v. t.) To beat down; to overthrow.
Palliate :: Palliate (v. t.) To reduce in violence; to lessen or abate; to mitigate; to ease withhout curing; as, to palliate a disease..
Allay :: Allay (v. t.) To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity..
Abator :: Abator (n.) One who abates a nuisance.
Slacken :: Slacken (v. t.) To cause to become less intense; to mitigate; to abate; to ease.
Abatement :: Abatement (n.) The entry of a stranger, without right, into a freehold after the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee..
Rebate :: Rebate (v. i.) To abate; to withdraw.
Qualify :: Qualify (v. t.) Hence, to soften; to abate; to diminish; to assuage; to reduce the strength of, as liquors..
Abate :: Abate (v. t.) To blunt.
Deduction :: Deduction (n.) That which is deducted; the part taken away; abatement; as, a deduction from the yearly rent..
Assuagement :: Assuagement (n.) Mitigation; abatement.
Weak :: Weak (v. i.) Pertaining to, or designating, a verb which forms its preterit (imperfect) and past participle by adding to the present the suffix -ed, -d, or the variant form -t; as in the verbs abash, abashed; abate, abated; deny, denied; feel, felt. See Strong, 19 (a)..
Bate :: Bate (v. t.) To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower..
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