Look up: abate

1. abate
   to lessen to subside 
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2. abate
   [v] - become less in amount or intensity
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3. Abate
   Abate: To lessen or decrease. After a boil is lanced, the pus can drain and the pain and tenderness abate. From the French abbatre, to beat down.
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4. abate
   to diminish, lessen the violence (e.g. of a storm), to weaken the effect (e.g. of flooding), to decrease an amount of substance (e.g. of pollutant in the atmosphere), to mitigate; The name of a well known insecticide used in mosquito control Category: Management in the public and private sector
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5. Abate
   A·bate' (ȧ*bāt') transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Abated , present participle & verbal noun Abating .] [ Old French abatre to beat down, French abattr...
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6. Abate
   A·bate' (ȧ*bāt') intransitive verb [ See Abate , transitive verb ] 1. To decrease, or become less in strength or violence; as, pain abates , a storm abates . « The fury of Glenga...
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7. Abate
   A·bate (ȧ*bāt') noun Abatement. [ Obsolete] Sir T. Browne.
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8. abate
   let up verb become less in amount or intensity; `The storm abated`; `The rain let up after a few hours`
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9. abate
   weaken; subside
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10. Abate
    • (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 some...
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11. Abate
    v. literal meaning is to diminish or doing away with. It is used in the context of putting an end to a problem, such as a public or private nuisance, say, for example this might involve a cause loud noise, a breach of privacy, an encroachment on property by animals, garbage or other unwanted things,...
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12. Abate
    In law, the term abate means 'to put an end to'.
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13. Abate
    To lessen or decrease. After a boil is lanced, the pus can drain and the pain and tenderness abate. From the French abbatre, to beat down.
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