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  2. if something such as a price or level abates, it goes up more slowly than before, or it goes down: Gains in oil prices are unlikely to abate within the next few months. [ I or T ] to become or make something become weaker, lower, less serious, etc.: Inflation is finally showing signs of abating.

  3. 1. to make or become less in amount, intensity, degree, etc. the storm has abated. 2. (transitive) law. a. to remove, suppress, or terminate (a nuisance) b. to suspend or extinguish (a claim or action) c.

  4. The meaning of ABATE is to decrease in force or intensity. How to use abate in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Abate.

  5. to suspend or extinguish (an action). to annul (a writ). to deduct or subtract: to abate part of the cost. to omit: to abate all mention of names. to remove, as in stone carving, or hammer down, as in metalwork, (a portion of a surface) in order to produce a figure or pattern in low relief.

  6. if something such as a price or level abates, it goes up more slowly than before, or it goes down: Gains in oil prices are unlikely to abate within the next few months. [ I or T ] to become or make something become weaker, lower, less serious, etc.: Inflation is finally showing signs of abating.

  7. Something that abates becomes fewer or less intense. Your enthusiasm for skiing might abate after falling off a ski lift and getting a mouthful of snow. Abate comes from the Old French verb abattre, "to beat down," and means to reduce or become less intense or numerous.

  8. Definition of abate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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