Definition of abate

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Abate (v. t.) To be defeated, or come to naught; to fall through; to fail; as, a writ abates..

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Abate :: Abate (v. t.) To blunt.
Palliate :: Palliate (v. t.) To reduce in violence; to lessen or abate; to mitigate; to ease withhout curing; as, to palliate a disease..
Alloy :: Alloy (v. t.) To abate, impair, or debase by mixture; to allay; as, to alloy pleasure with misfortunes..
Slacken :: Slacken (v. t.) To cause to become less intense; to mitigate; to abate; to ease.
Diabaterial :: Diabaterial (a.) Passing over the borders.
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..
Recrudescent :: Recrudescent (a.) Breaking out again after temporary abatement or supression; as, a recrudescent epidemic..
Abated :: Abated (imp. & p. p.) of Abat.
Besayle :: Besayle (n.) A kind of writ which formerly lay where a great-grandfather died seized of lands in fee simple, and on the day of his death a stranger abated or entered and kept the heir out. This is now abolished..
Rabbate :: Rabbate (v. t.) To abate or diminish.
Quell :: Quell (v. i.) To be subdued or abated; to yield; to abate.
Abator :: Abator (n.) One who abates a nuisance.
Abater :: Abater (n.) One who, or that which, abates..
Rigorous :: Rigorous (a.) Manifesting, exercising, or favoring rigor; allowing no abatement or mitigation; scrupulously accurate; exact; strict; severe; relentless; as, a rigorous officer of justice; a rigorous execution of law; a rigorous definition or demonstration..
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..
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..
Gusset :: Gusset (n.) An abatement or mark of dishonor in a coat of arms, resembling a gusset..
Addition :: Addition (n.) Something added to a coat of arms, as a mark of honor; -- opposed to abatement..
Assuagement :: Assuagement (n.) Mitigation; abatement.
Intermission :: Intermission (n.) The temporary cessation or subsidence of a fever; the space of time between the paroxysms of a disease. Intermission is an entire cessation, as distinguished from remission, or abatement of fever..
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