Results for abate

Definitions of abate:

part of speech: verb transitive

To lessen; suppress.

part of speech: verb transitive

To lessen: to mitigate.

part of speech: noun

Abatement.

part of speech: verb intransitive

To grow less.

part of speech: verb

To lessen; to lower in price; to grow less; to subside.

part of speech: verb intransitive

To decrease; moderate; subside; as, the storm abates.

Usage examples for abate:

• " Then we will abate it by carrying you up there," said Van Shaw smiling, and Helen smiled back at him, to Felix Bauer's rage. "The High Calling", Charles M. Sheldon

• Of the two one married, yet did not on that account abate his friendship for his fellow or cease to live with him as had been his wont. "The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. IV. (of V.)", Margaret, Queen Of Navarre

• If a shorter working day could cure or abate the evil of " the unemployed," and help to raise the industrial condition of the low- skilled workers, the community might well afford to pay the cost. "Problems of Poverty", John A. Hobson

• The wind having appeared to abate somewhat after sunset, we embarked, but were soon forced to land again. "Narrative of a Voyage to the Northwest Coast of America in the years 1811, 1812, 1813, and 1814 or the First American Settlement on the Pacific", Gabriel Franchere