abate
abate has 12 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 5.
Definitions
- v. t.. To beat down; to overthrow.
- v. t.. 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.
- v. t.. To deduct; to omit; as, to abate something from a price.
- v. t.. To blunt.
- v. t.. To reduce in estimation; to deprive.
- v. t.. To bring entirely down or put an end to; to do away with; as, to abate a nuisance, to abate a writ.
- v. t.. To diminish; to reduce. Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets.
- v. t.. To decrease, or become less in strength or violence; as, pain abates, a storm abates.
- v. t.. To be defeated, or come to naught; to fall through; to fail; as, a writ abates.
- n.. Abatement.
- v.. become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours"
- v.. make less active or intense