to abate

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To bring someone down physically or mentally
To bring down or reduce to a lower state, number, degree or estimation

His eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.

abatement. - Sir Thomas Browne
To diminish in force or intensity

The fury of Glengarry rapidly abated.

To be defeated or come to naught

The writ has abated.

To put an end to; to do away with

to abate a writ.

To destroy, or level to the ground

The kynge of Scottes planted his siege before the castell of Norham, and sore abated the walls.

To deduct or omit

Allowing nine thousand parishes (abating the odd hundreds) in England and Wales.

To bar or except
{v} to decrease, lessen, pull down, fail as a writ; remit as a tax
To deduct; to omit; as, to abate some amount from a price or count
An Italian abbot
(A*bate") v t [imp & p p Abated, p pr & vb n Abating ] [OF abatre to beat down, F abattre, LL abatere; ab or ad + batere, battere Cf Bate, Batter ]
Abatement
To bring down or reduce to a lower state, number, degree or estimation; to lessen; to diminish; to contract; to moderate; to cut short
To bring entirely down or put an end to; to do away with; to destroy; to level with the ground
To decrease, or become less in strength or violence; to experience a diminution of force or of intensity
To bring entirely down or put an end to; to do away with; as, to abate a nuisance, to abate a writ
To reduce in estimation; to deprive
decrease, reduce As the hurricane's force abated, the winds dropped and the sea became calm
become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours
If something bad or undesirable abates, it becomes much less strong or severe. The storms had abated by the time they rounded Cape Horn. to become less strong or decrease
To bar; to except
To diminish; to reduce
become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours"
To be defeated or come to naught; to fall through; to fail
To bring down or reduce from a higher to a lower state, number, or degree; to lessen; to diminish; to contract; to moderate; to cut short; as, to abate a demand; to abate pride, zeal, hope
To decrease, or become less in strength or violence; as, pain abates, a storm abates
{f} reduce, decrease, lessen; become less, diminish; annul, suppress (Law)
make less active or intense
Term most often used when requesting an agency to reverse or cancel a penalty charge
To beat down; to overthrow
In stone carving or sand blasting clay masonry, to cut away material, leaving parts in relief
To deduct; to omit; as, to abate something from a price
To bring down (a person) physically or mentally; to humble; to depress
Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets
To be defeated, or come to naught; to fall through; to fail; as, a writ abates
To blunt
to abate
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