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Meanings of abate in English

Portuguese
desprover
Catalan
debilitar
Spanish
aflojar

Become less in amount or intensity.

desprover

To make smaller.

To take one thing from another.

Usage of abate in English
1
Keon said outflows should abate after the regulations take effect next week.
Reuters
2
He said they had hoped violence between Jews and Arabs would abate.
Reuters
3
It will eventually abate. Matt Mira: That is a very interesting point.
Wired
4
And the very day the vow was made the epidemic did abate.
The Excellence of the Rosary / Conferences for Devotions in Hono...
5
But about the middle of the eighteenth century it began to abate.
The Eve of the French Revolution
6
Unsurprisingly perhaps, the domestic wars between my parents were slow to abate.
The Irish Times
7
Her presence was a charm to abate the violence of the hurricane.
The Lost Hunter / A Tale of Early Times
8
Strange to say, it did not abate even the romance of it.
Devereux — Volume 03
9
When he arrived in Chongno Samga again his pain did not abate.
Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America
10
He waits for the applause to abate, soaking up the hall's energy.
The Irish Times
11
Eventually, after hours that felt like days, the storm began to abate.
Fears Unnamed
12
Neither Mul-tal-la nor the brothers would abate one bit of their claims.
Deerfoot in The Mountains
13
Pretty soon after we struck the storm seemed to abate a little.
The Junior Classics, Volume 6: Old-Fashioned Tales
14
Nor did my terrors abate till after the king had quittedme
Memoirs of the Comtesse Du Barry / With Minute Details of Her En...
15
The abbe was warned of this, but nothing could abate his zeal.
Massacres of the South (1551-1815) / Celebrated Crimes
16
His creditor, feeling that it was just, declined to abate the amount.
The Wonders of Prayer / A Record of Well Authenticated and Wonde...
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Abate through the time
Abate across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common