Abate

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Verb 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.2.1.2 Derived terms 1.2.1.3 Related terms 1.2.1.4 Translations 1.2.1.5 Translations to be checked 1.2.2 Noun 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.4 Shorthand 1.4.1 Gregg 2 Italian 2.1 Noun 2.2 Related terms 3 Novial 3.1 Noun 3.1.1 Derivation 3.2 Related terms 4 Romanian 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Noun

English

Pronunciation

• RP:
  • IPA: /əˈbeɪt/
  • SAMPA: /@"beIt/

Etymology 1

From Old French abatre "to beat down", from Late Latin abatere, formed from ab- or ad- + battere, from Latin battuere "to beat".

• Known cognates: French abattre

Verb

to abate (third-person singular simple present abates, present participle abating, simple past abated, past participle abated)

1. ((transitive{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}))

To bring down (a person) physically or mentally; to humble; to depress.

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To bring down or reduce to a lower state, number, or degree; to lessen; to diminish; to contract; to moderate; to cut short.

1. • 1605: She hath abated me of half my train — William Shakespeare, King Lear, II.ii
   • 1611: His eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated. — Deuteronomy 34:7
2. ((intransitive{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}))

To decrease, or become less in strength or violence; to experience a diminution of force or of intensity.

1. The pain abates.

   The storm abated.

   • The fury of Glengarry ... rapidly abated. - Thomas Macaulay
2. ((transitive{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}))

((obsolete{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})) To beat down; to destroy; to level with the ground.

1. • The King of Scots ... sore abated the walls. - Edward Hall
2. ((transitive{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}))

To deduct; to omit; as, to abate something from a price.

1. • Nine thousand parishes, abating the odd hundreds. - Fuller
2. ((transitive{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}))

To bar; to except.

1. ((transitive{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}))

((obsolete{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})) To blunt.

1. • To abate the edge of envy. - Francis Bacon
2. ((transitive{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}))

((obsolete{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})) To reduce in estimation; to deprive.

1. • She hath abated me of half my train. - Shakespeare, King Lear, II-iv
2. ((transitive{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}))

((law{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})) To bring entirely down or put an end to; to do away with.

1. To abate a nuisance.

   To abate a writ.

2. ((transitive{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}))

((law{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})) To diminish; to reduce.

1. Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets.

2. ((intransitive{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}))

To be defeated or come to naught; to fall through; to fail.

1. A writ abates.

Synonyms

• subside
• decrease
• intermit
• decline
• diminish
• lessen

Derived terms

• abatable
• abater
• abate of
• abate a tax
• abate into a freehold

Related terms

• abatement
• abator
• abattoir

Translations

to bring down a person physically or mentally

German: nachlassen, zurückgehen

to bring down or reduce to a lower state

Finnish: vähentää German: verringern, mindern

to decrease or become less

Finnish: heiketä, tyyntyä, vähetä German: nachlassen, sich legen (storm)

to beat down

Dutch: neerslaan Finnish: heiketä, vähetä

to deduct

to bar, to except

to blunt

to reduce in estimation

to bring entirely down or put an end to

German: einstellen

to diminish, to reduce

Finnish: vähentää, alentaa

to be defeated

Translations to be checked

• Bulgarian: събарям (1), понижавам (2), намалявам (2,7),притъпявам (4), прекратявам (6)
• Bulgarian: стихвам (1), утихвам (1), провалям се (2)
• Irish: laghdaigh, laghdú
• Portuguese: abater, contristar, abaixar, mingoar, diminuir
• Irish: laghdaigh
• Norwegian: minske, forringe
• Turkish: azaltmak (1)

Noun

Abate (plural Abates)

1. ((obsolete{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})) abatement. - Sir T. Browne

Etymology 2

From Italian abate

Noun

Abate (plural Abates)

1. An Italian abbot.

Shorthand

Gregg

• (Version: Centennial,Series 90,DJS,Simplified,Anniversary,Pre-Anniversary): a - b - a - t

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Italian

Noun

abate m. (plural: abati)

1. abbot

Related terms

• abbazia

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Novial

Noun

abate

1. abbot, or abotess

Derivation

A root word.

Related terms

abato	{ n }	abbot
abata	{ n }	abbotess
abatia	{ n }	abbey

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Romanian

Etymology

from Italian abate

Noun

abate m., pl. abaţi

1. abbot.es:abate

fr:abate io:abate it:abate hu:abate pl:abate pt:abate fi:abate sv:abate uk:abate zh:abate