Associations to the word «Abate»

Wiktionary

ABATE, verb. (transitive) (obsolete outside legal) To put an end to; to cause to cease. [attested since about 1150 to 1350]
ABATE, verb. (intransitive) To become null and void. [attested since the late 15th century]
ABATE, verb. (transitive) (legal) To nullify; make void. [attested since the late 15th century]
ABATE, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To humble; to lower in status; to bring someone down physically or mentally. [attested from around 1150 to 1350 until the mid 1600s]
ABATE, verb. (intransitive) (obsolete) To be humbled; to be brought down physically or mentally. [attested from around 1150 to 1350 until the mid 1600s]
ABATE, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To curtail; to deprive. [attested from around 1350 to 1470 until the mid 1800s]
ABATE, verb. (transitive) To reduce in amount, size, or value. [attested since 1325]
ABATE, verb. (intransitive) To decrease in size, value, or amount. [attested since 1325]
ABATE, verb. (transitive) To moderate; to lessen in force, intensity, to subside. [attested since around 1150 to 1350]
ABATE, verb. (intransitive) To decrease in intensity or force; to subside. [attested since around 1150 to 1350]
ABATE, verb. (transitive) To deduct or omit. [attested since around 1350 to 1470]
ABATE, verb. (transitive) To bar or except. [attested since the late 1500s]
ABATE, verb. (transitive) To cut away or hammer down, in such a way as to leave a figure in relief, as a sculpture, or in metalwork.
ABATE, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To dull the edge or point of; to blunt. [attested from the mid 1500s till the late 1600s]
ABATE, verb. (transitive) (archaic) To destroy, or level to the ground. [attested since around 1350 to 1470]
ABATE, noun. Abatement. [from around 1400 until the late 1600s]
ABATE, verb. (intransitive) (legal) To enter a tenement without permission after the owner has died and before the heir takes possession. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
ABATE, noun. An Italian abbot, or other member of the clergy. [First attested in the early 18th century.]

Dictionary definition

ABATE, verb. Make less active or intense.
ABATE, verb. Become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours".

Wise words

Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.
Martin Luther King Jr.