Definition of abate

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Abate (v. t.) To blunt.

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Let-up :: Let-up (n.) Abatement; also, cessation; as, it blew a gale for three days without any let-up..
Qualification :: Qualification (n.) The act of limiting, or the state of being limited; that which qualifies by limiting; modification; restriction; hence, abatement; diminution; as, to use words without any qualification..
Abate :: Abate (v. t.) To reduce in estimation; to deprive.
Subsidence :: Subside (v. i.) To fall into a state of quiet; to cease to rage; to be calmed; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate; as, the sea subsides; the tumults of war will subside; the fever has subsided..
Remission :: Remission (n.) Diminution of intensity; abatement; relaxation.
Digest :: Digest (v. t.) To quiet or abate, as anger or grief..
Concoction :: Concoction (n.) Abatement of a morbid process, as a fever and return to a normal condition..
Remission :: Remission (n.) A temporary and incomplete subsidence of the force or violence of a disease or of pain, as destinguished from intermission, in which the disease completely leaves the patient for a time; abatement..
Slacken :: Slacken (v. t.) To cause to become less intense; to mitigate; to abate; to ease.
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..
Abater :: Abater (n.) One who, or that which, abates..
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)..
Rabbate :: Rabbate (v. t.) To abate or diminish.
Relax :: Relax (v. i.) To abate in severity; to become less rigorous.
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..
Abatement :: Abatement (n.) The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; removal or putting an end to; as, the abatement of a nuisance is the suppression thereof..
Bate :: Bate (v. t.) To allow by way of abatement or deduction.
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..
Remit :: Remit (v. t.) To relax in intensity; to make less violent; to abate.
Batement :: Batement (n.) Abatement; diminution.
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