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Definition of Abate
A`bate´ Pronunciation: å`bāt´ | v. t. | 1. | To beat down; to overthrow. | | 2. | 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. | | 3. | To deduct; to omit; as, to abate something from a price. | | 4. | To blunt. | | 5. | To reduce in estimation; to deprive. | | 6. | (Law) To bring entirely down or put an end to; to do away with; as, to abate a nuisance, to abate a writ. | | v. i. | 1. | To decrease, or become less in strength or violence; as, pain abates, a storm abates. | | 2. | To be defeated, or come to naught; to fall through; to fail; as, a writ abates. | | n. | 1. | Abatement. |
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