Meaning[]
- Abate [Verb] (əˈbāt)
- to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish: to abate a tax; to abate one's enthusiasm.
- Law.
a.
to put an end to or suppress (a nuisance).
b.
to suspend or extinguish (an action).
c.
to annul (a writ).
3. to deduct or subtract: to abate part of the cost.
4. to omit: to abate all mention of names.
5. 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.
Etymology[]
Latin ad- (prefix) | Latin battre, batteure to beat | ||||||||||||||||||
Old French a- (prefix) | Old French batre to beat | ||||||||||||||||
Abate to fall (present tense) | |||||||||||||||||
Abate Middle English | |||||||||||
The letter A |