Definition of abate

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Abate (v. t.) To diminish; to reduce. Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets..

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Assuagement :: Assuagement (n.) Mitigation; abatement.
Remission :: Remission (n.) A temporary and incomplete subsidence of the force or violence of a disease or of pain, as destinguished from intermission, in which the disease completely leaves the patient for a time; abatement..
Abate :: Abate (n.) Abatement.
Remit :: Remit (v. i.) To abate in force or in violence; to grow less intense; to become moderated; to abate; to relax; as, a fever remits; the severity of the weather remits..
Abate :: Abate (v. t.) To beat down; to overthrow.
Gusset :: Gusset (n.) An abatement or mark of dishonor in a coat of arms, resembling a gusset..
Defalcation :: Defalcation (n.) A lopping off; a diminution; abatement; deficit. Specifically: Reduction of a claim by deducting a counterclaim; set- off.
Rabate :: Rabate (v.) To recover to the fist, as a hawk..
Batement :: Batement (n.) Abatement; diminution.
Relieve :: Relieve (v. t.) To raise or remove, as anything which depresses, weighs down, or crushes; to render less burdensome or afflicting; to alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; to lessen; as, to relieve pain; to relieve the wants of the poor..
Aslake :: Aslake (v. t. & i.) To mitigate; to moderate; to appease; to abate; to diminish.
Cooler :: Cooler (n.) That which cools, or abates heat or excitement..
Allowance :: Allowance (n.) Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances; as, to make allowance for the inexperience of youth..
Full :: Full (adv.) Quite; to the same degree; without abatement or diminution; with the whole force or effect; thoroughly; completely; exactly; entirely.
Addition :: Addition (n.) Something added to a coat of arms, as a mark of honor; -- opposed to abatement..
Rabbate :: Rabbate (n.) Abatement.
Diabaterial :: Diabaterial (a.) Passing over the borders.
Abate :: Abate (v. t.) To deduct; to omit; as, to abate something from a price..
Rebate :: Rebate (n.) Deduction; abatement; as, a rebate of interest for immediate payment; a rebate of importation duties..
Mortification :: Mortification (n.) Hence: Deprivation or depression of self-approval; abatement or pride; humiliation; chagrin; vexation.
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