Definition of abate

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Abate (v. t.) To blunt.

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Bateless :: Bateless (a.) Not to be abated.
Off :: Off (adv.) Denoting a leaving, abandonment, departure, abatement, interruption, or remission; as, the fever goes off; the pain goes off; the game is off; all bets are off..
Diabaterial :: Diabaterial (a.) Passing over the borders.
Abated :: Abated (imp. & p. p.) of Abat.
Allow :: Allow (v. i.) To admit; to concede; to make allowance or abatement.
Rabbate :: Rabbate (v. t.) To abate or diminish.
Cooler :: Cooler (n.) That which cools, or abates heat or excitement..
Relieve :: Relieve (v. t.) To raise or remove, as anything which depresses, weighs down, or crushes; to render less burdensome or afflicting; to alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; to lessen; as, to relieve pain; to relieve the wants of the poor..
Assuage :: Assuage (v. i.) To abate or subside.
Relax :: Relax (v. i.) To abate in severity; to become less rigorous.
Remit :: Remit (v. t.) To relax in intensity; to make less violent; to abate.
Abatement :: Abatement (n.) A mark of dishonor on an escutcheon.
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..
Quell :: Quell (v. i.) To be subdued or abated; to yield; to abate.
Abate :: Abate (v. t.) 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..
Gore :: Gore (v.) One of the abatements. It is made of two curved lines, meeting in an acute angle in the fesse point..
Gusset :: Gusset (n.) An abatement or mark of dishonor in a coat of arms, resembling a gusset..
Tare :: Tare (n.) Deficientcy in the weight or quantity of goods by reason of the weight of the cask, bag, or whatever contains the commodity, and is weighed with it; hence, the allowance or abatement of a certain weight or quantity which the seller makes to the buyer on account of the weight of such cask, bag, etc..
Qualify :: Qualify (v. t.) Hence, to soften; to abate; to diminish; to assuage; to reduce the strength of, as liquors..
Compromise :: Compromise (n.) A settlement by arbitration or by mutual consent reached by concession on both sides; a reciprocal abatement of extreme demands or rights, resulting in an agreement..
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