abate
Meaning of abate
noun
Abatement.
verb- (obsolete outside law) To put an end to; to cause to cease.
to abate a nuisance
- To become null and void.
The writ has abated.
- To nullify; make void.
to abate a writ
- To humble; to lower in status; to bring someone down physically or mentally.
- To be humbled; to be brought down physically or mentally.
- To curtail; to deprive.
Order restrictions and prohibitions to abate an emergency situation.
- To reduce in amount, size, or value.
Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets.
- To decrease in size, value, or amount.
- To moderate; to lessen in force, intensity, to subside.
- To decrease in intensity or force; to subside.
- To deduct or omit.
We will abate this price from the total.
- To bar or except.
- To cut away or hammer down, in such a way as to leave a figure in relief, as a sculpture, or in metalwork.
- To dull the edge or point of; to blunt.
- To destroy, or level to the ground.
verb
To enter a tenement without permission after the owner has died and before the heir takes possession.
noun
An Italian abbot, or other member of the clergy.
Information about abate
- The plural form of abate is: abates.
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Hyphenation of abate
abate
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- abate is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
abate synonyms
Meaning slake:
Meaning let up:
Meaning :
contract, decrease, diminish, lessen, lower, moderate, remit, remove, slacken, suppress, terminate, appease, depress, humble, pacify, soften, soothe, tranquilize, fail, alleviate, assuage, decline, ebb, mitigate, relax, subside, temper, wane
abate antonyms
Meaning :
accelerate, aggravate, amplify, augment, continue, develop, enhance, enlarge, extend, foment, increase, intensify, magnify, prolong, raise, revive, rise
Translation of abate
- Italian: detrarre, diminuire, ridurre
- German: abziehen
- Spanish: deducir, substraer, restar, sustraer, mermar, disminuir, menguar
- French: déduire, diminuer, rétrécir, rapetisser, apetisser
- Portuguese: subtrair, retirar, deduzir, diminuir, descontar, minguar
Anagrams of abate
Words that rhyme with abate
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