Abateverb
To put an end to; to cause to cease.
‘to abate a nuisance’;
Pacifyverb
(transitive) To bring peace to (a place or situation), by ending war, fighting, violence, anger or agitation.
Abateverb
(intransitive) To become null and void.
‘The writ has abated.’;
Pacifyverb
(transitive) To appease (someone).
Abateverb
To nullify; make void.
‘to abate a writ’;
Pacifyverb
To make to be at peace; to appease; to calm; to still; to quiet; to allay the agitation, excitement, or resentment of; to tranquillize; as, to pacify a man when angry; to pacify pride, appetite, or importunity.
‘To pacify and settle those countries.’;
Abateverb
To humble; to lower in status; to bring someone down physically or mentally.
Pacifyverb
cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of;
‘She managed to mollify the angry customer’;
Abateverb
To be humbled; to be brought down physically or mentally.
Pacifyverb
fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location);
‘The U.N. troops are working to pacify Bosnia’;
Abateverb
To curtail; to deprive.
‘Order restrictions and prohibitions to abate an emergency situation.’;
Pacifyverb
quell the anger, agitation, or excitement of
‘he had to pacify angry spectators’;
Abateverb
(transitive) To reduce in amount, size, or value.
‘Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets.’;
Pacifyverb
bring peace to (a country or warring factions), especially by the use or threat of military force
‘the general pacified northern Italy’;
Abateverb
(intransitive) To decrease in size, value, or amount.
Abateverb
(transitive) To moderate; to lessen in force, intensity, to subside.
Abateverb
(intransitive) To decrease in intensity or force; to subside.
Abateverb
(transitive) To deduct or omit.
‘We will abate this price from the total.’;
Abateverb
(transitive) To bar or except.
Abateverb
(transitive) To cut away or hammer down, in such a way as to leave a figure in relief, as a sculpture, or in metalwork.
Abateverb
To dull the edge or point of; to blunt.
Abateverb
To destroy, or level to the ground.
Abateverb
to enter a tenement without permission after the owner has died and before the heir takes possession.
Abatenoun
Abatement.
Abatenoun
an Italian abbot, or other member of the clergy.
Abateverb
To beat down; to overthrow.
‘The King of Scots . . . sore abated the walls.’;
Abateverb
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.
‘His eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.’;
Abateverb
To deduct; to omit; as, to abate something from a price.
‘Nine thousand parishes, abating the odd hundreds.’;
Abateverb
To blunt.
‘To abate the edge of envy.’;
Abateverb
To reduce in estimation; to deprive.
‘She hath abated me of half my train.’;
Abateverb
To bring entirely down or put an end to; to do away with; as, to abate a nuisance, to abate a writ.
Abateverb
To decrease, or become less in strength or violence; as, pain abates, a storm abates.
‘The fury of Glengarry . . . rapidly abated.’;
Abateverb
To be defeated, or come to naught; to fall through; to fail; as, a writ abates.
Abatenoun
Abatement.
Abateverb
make less active or intense
Abateverb
become less in amount or intensity;
‘The storm abated’; ‘The rain let up after a few hours’;