Definition/Meaning of abate

• English - Verb: abate (third-person singular simple present abates, present participle abating, simple past and past participle abated) (transitive) To lessen (something) in force or intensity ; to moderate . 1599, [William Shakespeare], The Cronicle History of Henry the Fift, […] (First Quarto), London: […] Thomas Creede, for Tho[mas] Millington, and Iohn Busby, […], published 1600, →OCLC: Abate thy rage…
• English - Noun: abate (countable and uncountable, plural abates) (obsolete, uncountable) Abatement ; reduction ; (countable) an instance of this. 1681 October 23, William Penn, chapter XIV, in Samuel M[acpherson] Janney, The Life of William Penn: With Selections from His Correspondence and Autobiography, 2nd edition, Philadelphia, Pa.: Lippincott, Grambo & Co., published 1852, →OCLC, page 192: [Letter to…
• English - Adjective: abate (comparative more abate, superlative most abate) (obsolete) In the habit of. 1889, Edward Peacock, A glossary of words used in the Wapentakes of Manley and Corringham, Lincolnshire, page 2: He's gotten abate o' drinkin'.
• English - References: abate at OneLook Dictionary Search abate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary , G . & C . Merriam, 1913 ↑ 1 .00 1 .01 1 .02 1 .03 1 .04 1 .05 1 . 06 1 .07 1 .08 1 .09 1 . 10 1 . 11 1 . 12 1 . 13 1 . 14 1 . 15 Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary , 5th edition (Oxford University Press , 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 2 ↑ 2 . 0 2 . 1 2 . 2 Elliott K .…
• English - Etymology: Etymology 1. From Middle English abaten , from Anglo-Norman abatre , from Late Latin abbattere , from Latin battere. detailed etymology, sense derivation, and cognates The verb is derived from Middle English abaten (“to demolish, knock down; to defeat, strike down; to strike or take down (a sail); to throw down; to bow dejectedly or submissively; to be dejected; to stop; to defeat, humiliate; to…