Definition of abate in English:

abate

verb əˈbeɪtəˈbeɪt

[no object]

1(of something unpleasant or severe) become less intense or widespread.
the storm suddenly abated
Example sentencesExamples
- The temperature dropped, the winds abated, and cool rains began to fall.
- November to April is the wet season but heavy tropical storms can abate as suddenly as they arrive.
- Patients should be observed in a closed ward setting until signs and symptoms abate.
- The challenges of rising health care costs and Medicare premiums will not suddenly abate.
- With GM technology, the debate regarding our dependence or otherwise on nature, far from abating, has intensified.
- Yet in the year that they had known each other his feelings had grown more intense rather than abated.
- The spring saw the quick end of major combat abroad, while the threat of a widespread SARS epidemic abated.
- Most hot flashes are mild to moderate in intensity and usually abate over time without therapy.
- A perfect late midsummer day - the cruel heat has abated, and the humidity has been replaced with clear cool air that rests lightly on your skin.
- And put simply, it translates into a party on the rise with no sign of that rise abating.
- Then, with your mind, think of calming the pain, easing it until it abates and is gone.
- He says there was no sign yet that consumer demand in Scotland was abating.
- The storm has not abated, not at all, and I look out one of the windows, and see that the snow is easily up to my waist.
- When the storms abate, the uncertainties do not.
- The increase in September over the previous year was a dramatic 61.5% and there is no sign of this trend abating.
- An electrician arrived in a ladder truck and fixed the fault before the storm abated.
- The company operates in a very competitive industry, with little sign of the competitive pressures abating.
- There was no sign of the rain abating and already the trench was half filled with stinking brown water.
- He looked up at the gray overcast sky and wondered how it was possible that this storm could have abated so quickly.
- As the economic recession abated, its relevance receded in popular culture.
Synonyms
subside, die down/away/out, drop off/away, lessen, ease (off), let up, decrease, diminish, moderate, decline, fade, dwindle, slacken, recede, cool off, tail off, peter out, taper off, wane, ebb, relent, desist, weaken, become weaker, come to an end
archaic remit
1. 1.1with object Make (something) less intense.
  nothing abated his crusading zeal
  Example sentencesExamples
  We were both broke and working pub shifts but nothing could abate my appetite for conceiving low budget film ideas.
  Surely winning comedy's biggest prize in 1995 must have abated this self-doubt?
  If rich countries want to help abate the impact of the tsunami, why not allow part of that assistance to be in the form of government tax collection?
  Widening numbness has abated the pain to his pelvis.
  He was convincing enough to persuade Wall Street, thus abating the nervousness of the market.
  Through such ‘friendship,’ egocentrism and superiority are abated.
  Fat not only abates hunger and satiates, but also is an important endurance exercise fuel.
  You have abated my rage surpassingly well, and I do not see the need to revive it.
  In the same breath I say the government and police are the ones responsible for solving or abating the situation.
  There are two approaches to abating these effects.
  It is clear that within the constraints imposed on them, the design team has done everything to ensure that community disruption is abated as much as possible.
  Space constraint did not abate their zeal to get a glimpse of the amazing cultural divergence of the nation.
  Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joy, and dividing our grief.
  There is a need for a definitive course of action in order to abate this spiralling situation.
  As the cast belts out the title song, fears are abated.
  We did have, however, a small fuel leak, as I mentioned before, and it was abated using layers of foam.
  Let's work on abating the mosquitoes in this environment.
  He had abated his hunger somewhat, so he put his fork down and turned to the elderly man.
  During the mid section of the morning I was able to abate my longing for biscuits by eating a slice of homemade fruit cake (courtesy of Welsh Dad Tony).
  Surgery on the right ear diminished but did not completely abate her symptoms, so she underwent surgery on the left ear.
  Synonyms
  lessen, decrease, diminish, subside, moderate, decline, relent, slacken, die down, die off, ease, ease off, tail off, taper off, drop away, drop off, peter out
2. 1.2Law with object Reduce or remove (a nuisance)
  this action would not have been sufficient to abate the odour nuisance
  Example sentencesExamples
  This defendant was required to abate the nuisance by noise identified in the abatement notice.
  The Committee gave instructions to the electrical engineer to have the nuisance abated.
  A distinction is drawn between Abatement Notices which require works to be done and those which merely require the recipient to abate the identified nuisance.
  The plaintiffs sought an injunction requiring the defendants to abate the nuisance as well as damages.
  More likely, the city expended no energy abating weed nuisances there.
  Synonyms
  decrease, lessen, diminish, reduce, lower, moderate, ease, soothe, relieve, dampen, calm, tone down, alleviate, mitigate, mollify, allay, assuage, palliate, temper, appease, attenuate

Origin

Middle English (in the legal sense): from Old French abatre 'to fell', from a- (from Latin ad 'to, at') + batre 'to beat' (from Latin battere, battuere 'to beat').

bated from Middle English:
A shortened form of abated (Middle English), meaning ‘reduced, lessened’. The idea behind the phrase with bated breath is that the anxiety or excitement you experience while waiting for something to happen is so great that you almost stop breathing. The word is sometimes spelled baited, from a mistaken association with a fisherman's bait. It came from the Old French abattre ‘to fell’, from Latin ad ‘to, at’ and batt(u)ere ‘to beat’ which is also the source of abattoir, which to some extent replaced the medieval term slaughterhouse in the early 19th century.

Rhymes

ablate, aerate, ait, await, backdate, bait, bate, berate, castrate, collate, conflate, crate, create, cremate, date, deflate, dictate, dilate, distraite, donate, downstate, eight, elate, equate, estate, fate, fête, fixate, freight, frustrate, gait, gate, gestate, gradate, grate, great, gyrate, hate, hydrate, inflate, innate, interrelate, interstate, irate, Kate, Kuwait, lactate, late, locate, lustrate, mandate, mate, migrate, misdate, misstate, mistranslate, mutate, narrate, negate, notate, orate, ornate, Pate, placate, plate, prate, prorate, prostrate, pulsate, pupate, quadrate, rate, rotate, sate, sedate, serrate, short weight, skate, slate, spate, spectate, spruit, stagnate, state, straight, strait, Tate, tête-à-tête, Thwaite, translate, translocate, transmigrate, truncate, underrate, understate, underweight, update, uprate, upstate, up-to-date, vacate, vibrate, wait, weight

Definition of abate in US English:

abate

verbəˈbeɪtəˈbāt

[no object]

1(of something perceived as hostile, threatening, or negative) become less intense or widespread.
the storm suddenly abated
Example sentencesExamples
- Then, with your mind, think of calming the pain, easing it until it abates and is gone.
- The spring saw the quick end of major combat abroad, while the threat of a widespread SARS epidemic abated.
- Yet in the year that they had known each other his feelings had grown more intense rather than abated.
- And put simply, it translates into a party on the rise with no sign of that rise abating.
- When the storms abate, the uncertainties do not.
- November to April is the wet season but heavy tropical storms can abate as suddenly as they arrive.
- The increase in September over the previous year was a dramatic 61.5% and there is no sign of this trend abating.
- An electrician arrived in a ladder truck and fixed the fault before the storm abated.
- With GM technology, the debate regarding our dependence or otherwise on nature, far from abating, has intensified.
- He says there was no sign yet that consumer demand in Scotland was abating.
- Patients should be observed in a closed ward setting until signs and symptoms abate.
- A perfect late midsummer day - the cruel heat has abated, and the humidity has been replaced with clear cool air that rests lightly on your skin.
- The challenges of rising health care costs and Medicare premiums will not suddenly abate.
- As the economic recession abated, its relevance receded in popular culture.
- He looked up at the gray overcast sky and wondered how it was possible that this storm could have abated so quickly.
- The temperature dropped, the winds abated, and cool rains began to fall.
- The company operates in a very competitive industry, with little sign of the competitive pressures abating.
- There was no sign of the rain abating and already the trench was half filled with stinking brown water.
- Most hot flashes are mild to moderate in intensity and usually abate over time without therapy.
- The storm has not abated, not at all, and I look out one of the windows, and see that the snow is easily up to my waist.
Synonyms
subside, die away, die down, die out, drop away, drop off, lessen, ease, ease off, let up, decrease, diminish, moderate, decline, fade, dwindle, slacken, recede, cool off, tail off, peter out, taper off, wane, ebb, relent, desist, weaken, become weaker, come to an end
1. 1.1with object Cause to become smaller or less intense.
  nothing abated his crusading zeal
  Example sentencesExamples
  We did have, however, a small fuel leak, as I mentioned before, and it was abated using layers of foam.
  Fat not only abates hunger and satiates, but also is an important endurance exercise fuel.
  You have abated my rage surpassingly well, and I do not see the need to revive it.
  Surgery on the right ear diminished but did not completely abate her symptoms, so she underwent surgery on the left ear.
  As the cast belts out the title song, fears are abated.
  It is clear that within the constraints imposed on them, the design team has done everything to ensure that community disruption is abated as much as possible.
  Widening numbness has abated the pain to his pelvis.
  Through such ‘friendship,’ egocentrism and superiority are abated.
  We were both broke and working pub shifts but nothing could abate my appetite for conceiving low budget film ideas.
  Space constraint did not abate their zeal to get a glimpse of the amazing cultural divergence of the nation.
  During the mid section of the morning I was able to abate my longing for biscuits by eating a slice of homemade fruit cake (courtesy of Welsh Dad Tony).
  In the same breath I say the government and police are the ones responsible for solving or abating the situation.
  Surely winning comedy's biggest prize in 1995 must have abated this self-doubt?
  There is a need for a definitive course of action in order to abate this spiralling situation.
  He was convincing enough to persuade Wall Street, thus abating the nervousness of the market.
  Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joy, and dividing our grief.
  If rich countries want to help abate the impact of the tsunami, why not allow part of that assistance to be in the form of government tax collection?
  There are two approaches to abating these effects.
  Let's work on abating the mosquitoes in this environment.
  He had abated his hunger somewhat, so he put his fork down and turned to the elderly man.
  Synonyms
  lessen, decrease, diminish, subside, moderate, decline, relent, slacken, die down, die off, ease, ease off, tail off, taper off, drop away, drop off, peter out
2. 1.2Law with object Lessen, reduce, or remove (especially a nuisance)
  this action would not have been sufficient to abate the odor nuisance
  Example sentencesExamples
  More likely, the city expended no energy abating weed nuisances there.
  The plaintiffs sought an injunction requiring the defendants to abate the nuisance as well as damages.
  This defendant was required to abate the nuisance by noise identified in the abatement notice.
  The Committee gave instructions to the electrical engineer to have the nuisance abated.
  A distinction is drawn between Abatement Notices which require works to be done and those which merely require the recipient to abate the identified nuisance.
  Synonyms
  decrease, lessen, diminish, reduce, lower, moderate, ease, soothe, relieve, dampen, calm, tone down, alleviate, mitigate, mollify, allay, assuage, palliate, temper, appease, attenuate

Origin

Middle English (in the legal sense): from Old French abatre ‘to fell’, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + batre ‘to beat’ (from Latin battere, battuere ‘to beat’).

单词	abate
释义	Definition of abate in English: abate verb əˈbeɪtəˈbeɪt [no object] 1(of something unpleasant or severe) become less intense or widespread. the storm suddenly abated Example sentencesExamples The temperature dropped, the winds abated, and cool rains began to fall. November to April is the wet season but heavy tropical storms can abate as suddenly as they arrive. Patients should be observed in a closed ward setting until signs and symptoms abate. The challenges of rising health care costs and Medicare premiums will not suddenly abate. With GM technology, the debate regarding our dependence or otherwise on nature, far from abating, has intensified. Yet in the year that they had known each other his feelings had grown more intense rather than abated. The spring saw the quick end of major combat abroad, while the threat of a widespread SARS epidemic abated. Most hot flashes are mild to moderate in intensity and usually abate over time without therapy. A perfect late midsummer day - the cruel heat has abated, and the humidity has been replaced with clear cool air that rests lightly on your skin. And put simply, it translates into a party on the rise with no sign of that rise abating. Then, with your mind, think of calming the pain, easing it until it abates and is gone. He says there was no sign yet that consumer demand in Scotland was abating. The storm has not abated, not at all, and I look out one of the windows, and see that the snow is easily up to my waist. When the storms abate, the uncertainties do not. The increase in September over the previous year was a dramatic 61.5% and there is no sign of this trend abating. An electrician arrived in a ladder truck and fixed the fault before the storm abated. The company operates in a very competitive industry, with little sign of the competitive pressures abating. There was no sign of the rain abating and already the trench was half filled with stinking brown water. He looked up at the gray overcast sky and wondered how it was possible that this storm could have abated so quickly. As the economic recession abated, its relevance receded in popular culture. Synonyms subside, die down/away/out, drop off/away, lessen, ease (off), let up, decrease, diminish, moderate, decline, fade, dwindle, slacken, recede, cool off, tail off, peter out, taper off, wane, ebb, relent, desist, weaken, become weaker, come to an end archaic remit 1.1with object Make (something) less intense. nothing abated his crusading zeal Example sentencesExamples We were both broke and working pub shifts but nothing could abate my appetite for conceiving low budget film ideas. Surely winning comedy's biggest prize in 1995 must have abated this self-doubt? If rich countries want to help abate the impact of the tsunami, why not allow part of that assistance to be in the form of government tax collection? Widening numbness has abated the pain to his pelvis. He was convincing enough to persuade Wall Street, thus abating the nervousness of the market. Through such ‘friendship,’ egocentrism and superiority are abated. Fat not only abates hunger and satiates, but also is an important endurance exercise fuel. You have abated my rage surpassingly well, and I do not see the need to revive it. In the same breath I say the government and police are the ones responsible for solving or abating the situation. There are two approaches to abating these effects. It is clear that within the constraints imposed on them, the design team has done everything to ensure that community disruption is abated as much as possible. Space constraint did not abate their zeal to get a glimpse of the amazing cultural divergence of the nation. Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joy, and dividing our grief. There is a need for a definitive course of action in order to abate this spiralling situation. As the cast belts out the title song, fears are abated. We did have, however, a small fuel leak, as I mentioned before, and it was abated using layers of foam. Let's work on abating the mosquitoes in this environment. He had abated his hunger somewhat, so he put his fork down and turned to the elderly man. During the mid section of the morning I was able to abate my longing for biscuits by eating a slice of homemade fruit cake (courtesy of Welsh Dad Tony). Surgery on the right ear diminished but did not completely abate her symptoms, so she underwent surgery on the left ear. Synonyms lessen, decrease, diminish, subside, moderate, decline, relent, slacken, die down, die off, ease, ease off, tail off, taper off, drop away, drop off, peter out 1.2Law with object Reduce or remove (a nuisance) this action would not have been sufficient to abate the odour nuisance Example sentencesExamples This defendant was required to abate the nuisance by noise identified in the abatement notice. The Committee gave instructions to the electrical engineer to have the nuisance abated. A distinction is drawn between Abatement Notices which require works to be done and those which merely require the recipient to abate the identified nuisance. The plaintiffs sought an injunction requiring the defendants to abate the nuisance as well as damages. More likely, the city expended no energy abating weed nuisances there. Synonyms decrease, lessen, diminish, reduce, lower, moderate, ease, soothe, relieve, dampen, calm, tone down, alleviate, mitigate, mollify, allay, assuage, palliate, temper, appease, attenuate Origin Middle English (in the legal sense): from Old French abatre 'to fell', from a- (from Latin ad 'to, at') + batre 'to beat' (from Latin battere, battuere 'to beat'). bated from Middle English: A shortened form of abated (Middle English), meaning ‘reduced, lessened’. The idea behind the phrase with bated breath is that the anxiety or excitement you experience while waiting for something to happen is so great that you almost stop breathing. The word is sometimes spelled baited, from a mistaken association with a fisherman's bait. It came from the Old French abattre ‘to fell’, from Latin ad ‘to, at’ and batt(u)ere ‘to beat’ which is also the source of abattoir, which to some extent replaced the medieval term slaughterhouse in the early 19th century. Rhymes ablate, aerate, ait, await, backdate, bait, bate, berate, castrate, collate, conflate, crate, create, cremate, date, deflate, dictate, dilate, distraite, donate, downstate, eight, elate, equate, estate, fate, fête, fixate, freight, frustrate, gait, gate, gestate, gradate, grate, great, gyrate, hate, hydrate, inflate, innate, interrelate, interstate, irate, Kate, Kuwait, lactate, late, locate, lustrate, mandate, mate, migrate, misdate, misstate, mistranslate, mutate, narrate, negate, notate, orate, ornate, Pate, placate, plate, prate, prorate, prostrate, pulsate, pupate, quadrate, rate, rotate, sate, sedate, serrate, short weight, skate, slate, spate, spectate, spruit, stagnate, state, straight, strait, Tate, tête-à-tête, Thwaite, translate, translocate, transmigrate, truncate, underrate, understate, underweight, update, uprate, upstate, up-to-date, vacate, vibrate, wait, weight Definition of abate in US English: abate verbəˈbeɪtəˈbāt [no object] 1(of something perceived as hostile, threatening, or negative) become less intense or widespread. the storm suddenly abated Example sentencesExamples Then, with your mind, think of calming the pain, easing it until it abates and is gone. The spring saw the quick end of major combat abroad, while the threat of a widespread SARS epidemic abated. Yet in the year that they had known each other his feelings had grown more intense rather than abated. And put simply, it translates into a party on the rise with no sign of that rise abating. When the storms abate, the uncertainties do not. November to April is the wet season but heavy tropical storms can abate as suddenly as they arrive. The increase in September over the previous year was a dramatic 61.5% and there is no sign of this trend abating. An electrician arrived in a ladder truck and fixed the fault before the storm abated. With GM technology, the debate regarding our dependence or otherwise on nature, far from abating, has intensified. He says there was no sign yet that consumer demand in Scotland was abating. Patients should be observed in a closed ward setting until signs and symptoms abate. A perfect late midsummer day - the cruel heat has abated, and the humidity has been replaced with clear cool air that rests lightly on your skin. The challenges of rising health care costs and Medicare premiums will not suddenly abate. As the economic recession abated, its relevance receded in popular culture. He looked up at the gray overcast sky and wondered how it was possible that this storm could have abated so quickly. The temperature dropped, the winds abated, and cool rains began to fall. The company operates in a very competitive industry, with little sign of the competitive pressures abating. There was no sign of the rain abating and already the trench was half filled with stinking brown water. Most hot flashes are mild to moderate in intensity and usually abate over time without therapy. The storm has not abated, not at all, and I look out one of the windows, and see that the snow is easily up to my waist. Synonyms subside, die away, die down, die out, drop away, drop off, lessen, ease, ease off, let up, decrease, diminish, moderate, decline, fade, dwindle, slacken, recede, cool off, tail off, peter out, taper off, wane, ebb, relent, desist, weaken, become weaker, come to an end 1.1with object Cause to become smaller or less intense. nothing abated his crusading zeal Example sentencesExamples We did have, however, a small fuel leak, as I mentioned before, and it was abated using layers of foam. Fat not only abates hunger and satiates, but also is an important endurance exercise fuel. You have abated my rage surpassingly well, and I do not see the need to revive it. Surgery on the right ear diminished but did not completely abate her symptoms, so she underwent surgery on the left ear. As the cast belts out the title song, fears are abated. It is clear that within the constraints imposed on them, the design team has done everything to ensure that community disruption is abated as much as possible. Widening numbness has abated the pain to his pelvis. Through such ‘friendship,’ egocentrism and superiority are abated. We were both broke and working pub shifts but nothing could abate my appetite for conceiving low budget film ideas. Space constraint did not abate their zeal to get a glimpse of the amazing cultural divergence of the nation. During the mid section of the morning I was able to abate my longing for biscuits by eating a slice of homemade fruit cake (courtesy of Welsh Dad Tony). In the same breath I say the government and police are the ones responsible for solving or abating the situation. Surely winning comedy's biggest prize in 1995 must have abated this self-doubt? There is a need for a definitive course of action in order to abate this spiralling situation. He was convincing enough to persuade Wall Street, thus abating the nervousness of the market. Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joy, and dividing our grief. If rich countries want to help abate the impact of the tsunami, why not allow part of that assistance to be in the form of government tax collection? There are two approaches to abating these effects. Let's work on abating the mosquitoes in this environment. He had abated his hunger somewhat, so he put his fork down and turned to the elderly man. Synonyms lessen, decrease, diminish, subside, moderate, decline, relent, slacken, die down, die off, ease, ease off, tail off, taper off, drop away, drop off, peter out 1.2Law with object Lessen, reduce, or remove (especially a nuisance) this action would not have been sufficient to abate the odor nuisance Example sentencesExamples More likely, the city expended no energy abating weed nuisances there. The plaintiffs sought an injunction requiring the defendants to abate the nuisance as well as damages. This defendant was required to abate the nuisance by noise identified in the abatement notice. The Committee gave instructions to the electrical engineer to have the nuisance abated. A distinction is drawn between Abatement Notices which require works to be done and those which merely require the recipient to abate the identified nuisance. Synonyms decrease, lessen, diminish, reduce, lower, moderate, ease, soothe, relieve, dampen, calm, tone down, alleviate, mitigate, mollify, allay, assuage, palliate, temper, appease, attenuate Origin Middle English (in the legal sense): from Old French abatre ‘to fell’, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + batre ‘to beat’ (from Latin battere, battuere ‘to beat’).
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