Definition of abate

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Abate (n.) Abatement.

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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..
Abate :: Abate (n.) Abatement.
Assuage :: Assuage (v. i.) To abate or subside.
Gusset :: Gusset (n.) An abatement or mark of dishonor in a coat of arms, resembling a gusset..
Abatable :: Abatable (a.) Capable of being abated; as, an abatable writ or nuisance..
Remit :: Remit (v. t.) To relax in intensity; to make less violent; to abate.
Let-up :: Let-up (n.) Abatement; also, cessation; as, it blew a gale for three days without any let-up..
Allay :: Allay (v. t.) To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity..
Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To abate; to become less violent.
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..
Rebate :: Rebate (n.) Deduction; abatement; as, a rebate of interest for immediate payment; a rebate of importation duties..
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..
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)..
Qualify :: Qualify (v. t.) Hence, to soften; to abate; to diminish; to assuage; to reduce the strength of, as liquors..
Lull :: Lull (v. i.) To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate for a time; as, the storm lulls..
Concoction :: Concoction (n.) Abatement of a morbid process, as a fever and return to a normal condition..
Allay :: Allay (v. t.) To diminish in strength; to abate; to subside.
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..
Diminuendo :: Diminuendo (adv.) In a gradually diminishing manner; with abatement of tone; decrescendo; -- expressed on the staff by Dim., or Dimin., or the sign..
Slacken :: Slacken (v. t.) To cause to become less intense; to mitigate; to abate; to ease.
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