Abate

Definition:

(v. t.) To beat down; to overthrow.
(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.
(v. t.) To deduct; to omit; as, to abate something from a price.
(v. t.) To blunt.
(v. t.) To reduce in estimation; to deprive.
(v. t.) To bring entirely down or put an end to; to do away with; as, to abate a nuisance, to abate a writ.
(v. t.) To diminish; to reduce. Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets.
(v. t.) To decrease, or become less in strength or violence; as, pain abates, a storm abates.
(v. t.) To be defeated, or come to naught; to fall through; to fail; as, a writ abates.
(n.) Abatement.

Compare abate with other words:

abate vs. desist

abate vs. placate

abate vs. alate

abate vs. amate

abate vs. abated

abate vs. agate

abate vs. subdue

abate vs. soothe

abate vs. mollify

abate vs. ameliorate

abate vs. finish

abate vs. debase

abate vs. revivor

abate vs. aslake

abate vs. start

abate vs. shrink

abate vs. remediate

abate vs. thwart

abate vs. mobile

abate vs. ruffle

abate vs. tolerate

abate vs. weaken

abate vs. dwindle

abate vs. recede

abate vs. mitigate

abate vs. alleviate

abate vs. relent

abate vs. remit

abate vs. rebate

abate vs. quell

abate vs. assuage

abate vs. allow

abate vs. truck

abate vs. allay

abate vs. attenuate

abase vs. abate

abate vs. abridge

abate vs. abdicate

abate vs. abbot

abate vs. abatis

abate vs. tenement

abate vs. abattoir

abate vs. abatement

abate vs. abater

abate vs. abator

abate vs. intensify

abate vs. augment

abate vs. revive

abate vs. accelerate

abate vs. depress

abate vs. diminish

abate vs. decline

abate vs. decrease

abate vs. contract

abate vs. lessen

abate vs. level

abate vs. destroy

abate vs. except

abate vs. subside

abate vs. deduct

abate vs. blunt

abate vs. reduce

abate vs. nullify

abate vs. intensity

abate vs. humble

abate vs. moderate

abatable vs. abate