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verb (English)
1. (transitive)Examples: "[Jupiter] whiche by his goodnes as Marcianus ſaieth, abateth the malice of Saturne. Therfore the Poets faine, that he did put his father out of his kingdome, Iſidore writeth as he abateth the malice of the euill Planets, […]"; "Abate thy rage ſweete knight, Abate thy rage."; "By the oft removal of a Wild-ſtock, cutting the ends of the Roots, and diſ-branching ſomewhat of the Head at every change of place, it will greatly abate of its natural wildneſs, and in time bring forth more civil and ingenuous Fruit: […]"Synonyms: alleviate, assuage, diminish, lower, mitigate, relax, remit, temperAntonyms: aggravate, amplify, augment, enhance, foment, increase, intensify, magnifytransitive
2. (transitive)Examples: "Thou haſt dominion ouer their power, and when they be exalted & ſet aloft in their waies, thou abateſt their courage, and deſtroyeſt them with thy mighty arme."; "And receive into thy heart the instructions that I shall give thee now, and see that thou swerve not from them, nor abatest them a jot; for if thou observest them not, or departest in aught from them, thou wilt bring damnation upon thy soul; […]"; "[…] Lance, after having made some shew of helping him to his horse, ran back to tell his master the joyful intelligence, that a lucky accident had abated Chiffinch's party to their own number."Synonyms: decrease, lessenAntonyms: enlarge, increasetransitive
3. (transitive)Synonyms: decrease, lessenAntonyms: enlarge, increasetransitive
4. (transitive)Examples: "Few words drive a bargain with Peter Eskett. I never abate one farthing of my price; but then that price never asks more than a fair profit."transitive
5. (transitive)Examples: "[…] the kyng of Scottes […] with all hys hoſte and power entered into Englande (and threw doune pyles) the .xxij. daye of August, and planted hys ſiege before the Caſtell of Norham, and ſore abated the walles."archaictransitive
6. (transitive)Examples: "Abate throw at Nouum, and the whole world againe, Cannot picke out fiue ſuch, take each one in his vaine."; "Sir, he was not Scotch; and, abating his brutality, he was a very good maſter."archaictransitive
noun (English)
1. (uncountable) Abatement; reduction; (countable) an instance of this.Examples: "[Letter to Algernon Sidney dated 13 October 1681 (Julian calendar).] There are many things make a man's life uneasy in the world, which are great abates to the pleasure of living, but scarcely one equal to that of the unkindness or injustice of friends."obsoleteuncountable
2. (uncountable) Deduction; subtraction; (countable) an instance of this.Examples: "That men weigh heavier dead than alive, if experiment hath not failed us, we cannot reaſonably grant. For though the triall hereof cannot ſo well be made on the body of Man, nor will the difference be ſenſible in the abate of ſcruples or dragmes, yet can we not confirm the ſame in leſſer animalls from whence the inference is good; […]"obsoleteuncountable
verb (English)
1. (ambitransitive, law, chiefly historical) To enter upon and unlawfully seize (land) after the owner has died, thus preventing an heir from taking possession of it.Examples: "So, if Lands be given to Father and Son, and to the heirs of their two bodies begotten, the remainder over in fee, and afterwards the Father dieth without any Iſſue but the Son, and afterwards the Son dieth without Iſſue, and a Stranger abateth, he in the remainder ſhall have one Formedon in the remainder, although the Eſtate tails were ſeveral, […]"ambitransitivehistoricalobsolete
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