·noun Abatement.
II. Abate ·vt To Blunt.
III. Abate ·vt To beat down; to Overthrow.
IV. Abate ·vt To reduce in estimation; to Deprive.
V. Abate ·vt To decrease, or become less in strength or violence; as, pain abates, a storm abates.
VI. Abate ·vt To bring entirely down or put an end to; to do away with; as, to abate a nuisance, to abate a writ.
VII. Abate ·vt To Deduct; to Omit; as, to abate something from a price.
VIII. Abate ·vt To be defeated, or come to naught; to fall through; to Fail; as, a writ abates.
IX. Abate ·vt To Diminish; to reduce. Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets.
X. Abate ·vt 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.