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Word: abate (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • An Italian abbot.
  • obsolete Sir Thomas Browne

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Verb:

  • archaic To destroy, or level to the ground
  • legal To be defeated or come to naught.
  • intransitive To diminish in force or intensity.
  • legal To put an end to; to do away with.
  • transitive To bar or except.
  • transitive To bring down or reduce to a lower state, number, degree or estimation.
  • transitive To bring someone down physically or mentally.
  • transitive To deduct or omit.

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