abate

1. v. t. To beat down; to overthrow. Source: opted

2. 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. Source: opted

3. v. t. To deduct; to omit; as, to abate something from a price. Source: opted

4. v. t. To blunt. Source: opted

5. v. t. To reduce in estimation; to deprive. Source: opted

6. v. t. To bring entirely down or put an end to; to do away with; as, to abate a nuisance, to abate a writ. Source: opted

7. v. t. To diminish; to reduce. Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets. Source: opted

8. v. t. To decrease, or become less in strength or violence; as, pain abates, a storm abates. Source: opted

9. v. t. To be defeated, or come to naught; to fall through; to fail; as, a writ abates. Source: opted

10. n. Abatement. Source: opted

11. v. make less active or intense Source: wordnet

12. v. become less in amount or intensity Source: wordnet

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