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Abate

Definitions: Abate

Abate

Verb

1. Make less active or intense.

2. Become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "abate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references)



Specialty Definitions: Abate

DomainDefinitions

Literature

Abate (2 syl.) means properly to knock down. (French, abattre, whence a battue, i.e., wholesale destruction of game; O.E. a beátan.)
Abate, in horsemanship, is to perform well the downward motion. A horse is said to abate when, working upon curvets, he puts or beats down both his hind legs to the ground at once, and keeps exact time. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Public Administration

To diminish, lessen the violence(e. g. of a storm), to weaken the effect(e. g. of flooding), to decrease an amount of substance(e. g. of pollutant in the atmosphere), to mitigate; The name of a well known insecticide used in mosquito control. Source: European Union. (references)

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Synonyms: Abate

Synonyms: die away (v), let up (v), slack (v), slack off (v), slake (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Abate

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Discount

Verb: discount, bate; abate, rebate; reduce, price down, mark down take off, allow, give, make allowance; tax.

Nonincrease, Decrease

Bate, abate, dequantitate; discount; depreciate; extenuate, lower, weaken, attenuate, fritter away; mitigate; (moderate); dwarf, throw into the shade; reduce; shorten; subtract. Adjective: unincreased; (see increase;); decreased; Verb: decreasing; Verb: on the wane; n.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Abate

English words defined with "abate": Abated, AslakeDefalk, Diminishing stilePleas in suspensionRabbate, Remittent feverTo abate a tax, To give in, To reduce a square, To strike sailWeak. (references)
Specialty definitions using "abate": Exclusive Flood Control Storage CapacityFlood Control Storagehybrid cooling tower, hybrid wet-dry cooling towerrespiteUnited States Environmental Protection Agencywetdry tower. (references)
Etymologies containing "abate": AbattoirRabate. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Abate" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Italian (abbas, Abbe, abbot), Romanian (abbot, call away, deflect, distract, divert, straggle, stray, swerve, turn), Spanish (abbe, abbot).

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Commercial Usage: Abate

DomainTitle

Books

  • Abate : sculture 1963-1994 (reference)

  • Agonias y muerte del abate Marchena (reference)

  • Cartas al abate de Pradt : por un indigena de la America del Sur (reference)

  • El abate D. Juan Andres Morell : un erudito del siglo XVIII (reference)

  • El abate en los campos (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Historic Usage: Abate

AuthorDateQuotation

John Locke

1690

He that shall oppose an assault only with a shield to receive the blows, or in any more respectful posture, without a sword in his hand, to abate the confidence and force of the assailant, will quickly be at an end of his resistance, and will find such a defence serve only to draw on himself the worse usage. (Second Treatise of Government)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Abate

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Stopping the medication or lowering the dosage causes the symptoms to abate. (references)

These agents, however, should be used only temporarily for relief of the acute symptoms and should be withdrawn when these symptoms abate. (references)

If a baby or young child is experiencing symptoms of lactose intolerance, many pediatricians simply recommend changing from cow's milk to soy formula and waiting for symptoms to abate. (references)

Business

The Greenhouse Challenge, launched in 1995, is a joint voluntary initiative between the national government and industry to abate greenhouse gas emissions. (references)

Under this initiative, participating companies sign agreements with the Government that provide a framework for reporting on actions undertaken to abate emissions. (references)

Economic History

Indonesia

The revised FY 2001 budget anticipates a deficit equal to at least 3.7 percent of GDP, and even if inflationary pressures abate, the GOI lacks the financing options to pursue a more expansionary fiscal policy. (references)

Hungary

Gero called on Soviet troops to restore order on October 24. Fighting did not abate until the Central Committee named Imre Nagy as prime minister on October 25, and the next day Janos Kadar replaced Gero as party first secretary. (references)

Human Rights

Fiji

Authorities hoped that with a new Government, increased funding, and the formation of a police union, corruption among the police will abate. (references)

Political Economy

UKRAINE

With the onset of economic growth in 2000, however, pressure on the hryvnia began to abate and the currency largely stabilized. (references)

Colombia

The Colombian Government has adopted laws and implemented reforms in the judiciary, police and military to abate human rights problems. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

RESPITE, n. A suspension of hostilities against a sentenced assassin, to enable the Executive to determine whether the murder may not have been done by the prosecuting attorney. Any break in the continuity of a disagreeable expectation. Altgeld upon his incandescend bed Lay, an attendant demon at his head. "O cruel cook, pray grant me some relief -- Some respite from the roast, however brief." "Remember how on earth I pardoned all Your friends in Illinois when held in thrall." "Unhappy soul! for that alone you squirm O'er fire unquenched, a never-dying worm. "Yet, for I pity your uneasy state, Your doom I'll mollify and pains abate. "Naught, for a season, shall your comfort mar, Not even the memory of who you are." Throughout eternal space dread silence fell; Heaven trembled as Compassion entered Hell. "As long, sweet demon, let my respite be As, governing down here, I'd respite thee." "As long, poor soul, as any of the pack You thrust from jail consumed in getting back." A genial chill affected Altgeld's hide While they were turning him on t'other side. Joel Spate Woop

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Speeches: Abate

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Jimmy Carter

1977-1981The need for a program to help low-income households with rising energy expenses will not abate in the near future.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Abate

"Abate" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 93.85% of the time. "Abate" is used about 65 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)93.85%6143,149
Lexical Verb (base form)3.08%2245,945
Adjective (general or positive)3.08%2245,945
                    Total100.00%65N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Abate

The following table summarizes the usage of "abate" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
AbateLast name1,00015,286
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Abate

Expressions using "abate": To abate a tax To abate in lands To abate into a freehold. Additional references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Abate

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

abate

339

abate indiana

110

abate pa

84

abate iowa

82

john abate

40

abate illinois

33

abate michigan

26

abate ohio

24

abate wisconsin

24

abate colorado

19
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Modern Translations: Abate

Language Translations for "abate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaan

  

verminder (abridge, decrease, diminish, drop, fall, lessen). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

anuloj (abrogate, annul, avoid, call off, cancel, defeat, disaffirm, disannul, negate, nullify, overrule, quash, repeal, rescind, retract, revoke, set aside, void, withdraw), zvogëloj (belittle, curtail, decrease, diminish, lessen, make smaller, minimize, mitigate, qualify, rebate, reduce, relax, relieve, scale down, slacken, take away, take in, take up, understate), qetësohem (blow out, calm down, cool down, cool off, die down, grow quiet, heal, rage, settle down, simmer down, subside), pakësoj (abridge, curtail, cut down, deflate, degrade, diminish, lessen, lower, narrow, pare, razee, reduce, retrench, slacken, understate, vitiate), i jap fund (break up, close, cut, discontinue, disestablish, dissolve, end, finish, kill, overthrow, quench, stop), heq (abolish, avert, bereave, blow, call off, cast, clear away, clear out, cross, cut off, cut out, deduct, delete, derogate, detach, detrude, dislodge, dismiss, dismount, divest, do away with, doff, drag, draw, drop, eject, eliminate, erase, exhaust, expel, exscind, extract, gather in, generate, get off, jump, keep off, kill, lift, lift off, move off, off with, omit, oust, peel back, pick off, pull at, pull off, pull out, put aside, put off, relegate, remove, save, scour, scratch, scratch off, scratch out, shake out, shed, skim, skip, soothe, spay, strike off, strip, subtract, swing, take away, take off, take out, tear away, throw out, turn away, undergo, unhang, unhook, unpin, unstring), bie (attach, attack, bang out, bite, blow over, break down, bring, burn down, chime, come a cropper, come down, crash, crash down, crumple, cut, decline, descend, devolve, drop, fall, fall off, fall on, finger, flake off, flop, give, go, go down, hoot, pitch, play, plunge, plunk, recede, sink, strike, subside, throw down, tumble). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏خفف هدأ, ‏إنحسر (recede). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

отслабям (cripple, depauperate, ease, loosen, reduce, relax, remit, shake, weaken, wear down), отслабвам (become peaky, become thin and hollow-cheeked, become weak, diminish, languish, lose weight, moderate, sag, slim, thin, weaken, wind down, wither), отменям (abrogate, annul, avoid, cancel, countermand, disaffirm, extinguish, override, quash, raise, recall, remit, repeal, rescind, retract, reverse, revoke, scrub, supersede, undo, wash out, withdraw), намалявам (abbreviate, allay, attenuate, bring down, clip, contract, curtail, cut back, cut down, decline, decrease, deduct, deflate, degrade, deplete, detract, dim, diminish, ebb, extenuate, fine, impair, knock off, lessen, lighten, lull, minify, minimize, moderate, modify, pare down, prejudice, put back, put down, reduce, remit, run down, scant, shorten, shrink, sink, slacken, subdue, take from, thin, thin away, thin down, understate, wane, work down), анулирам (abrogate, annul, avoid, blank, countermand, disannul, invalidate, negate, nullify, quash, recall, repeal, rescind, revoke, unmake, write off), понижавам (abase, degrade, demote, disgrace, flatten, impair, lower, reduce, relegate, sing flat, whittle away). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

消退 (Abated, Abating, subside, Subsided, subsiding). (various references)

   

Czech

  

zmenšit se (fall off, get small, shrink), zmenšit (deplete, diminish, lessen, reduce, scale down, weaken, whittle away), snížit (bring down, cut, cut back, cut down, debase, decrease, deplete, diminish, drop, knock, lessen, lop off, pull down, put down, reduce, whittle away), omezit (circumscribe, confine, constrict, curb, curtail, cut back, cut down, decrease, deflate, limit, narrow, prune, restrict, retrench, scale down, terminate, trammel). (various references)

   

Danish

  

aftage (subside), Abate, temephos (temephos), reducere, nedsætte. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

luwen (subside, weaken), gaan liggen (lie down, settle, subside), bekoelen (cool, cool down, subside), bedaren (appease, calm, calm down, quiet, soothe, still, subside), afnemen (abstract, buy, clear away, decline, decrease, diminish, drop, equalize, fall, flatten, purchase, remove the cloth, settle, smooth, subside, take away, take over, wane). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

malpliigi (abridge, decrease, lessen), malpliiĝi (decrease, diminish, drop, fall), malplifortiĝi (settle), malkreski (decrease, diminish), malfortiĝi (weaken), kvietiĝi (subside). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

فرونشستن (Sag, Slake, Subside), فروکش کردن (Ebb, Lower, Subside), کم شدن (Diminish, Dwindle, Slacken, Wane), کاهش (Decline, Decrease, Diminution, Rebate, Reduction, Scaledown, Slake, Wastage), کاستن (Decline, Decrease, Detract, Discount, Drawoff, Lessen, Lighten, Pare, Rebate, Shorten, Soften, Subtract), غصب یاتصرف عدوانی , تنزل (Decadence, Decay, Depreciation, Depression, Setback), تخفیف دادن (Alight, Assuage, Bate, Discount, Extenuate, Lower, Mitigate, Relieve), رفع نمودن , بزورتصرف کردن . (various references)

   

Finnish

  

vähentää (attenuate, curtail, cut, decrease, deduct, detract from, diminish, lessen, reduce, subtract, take from, take off), temefossi (temefos, temephos), lieventää (allay, mitigate, reduce, relax, relieve). (various references)

   

French

  

se calmer, diminuer (abridge), amoindrir (abridge). (various references)

   

Frisian

  

ferswakje (settle), ôfslaan (abase, aberrate, decrease, discount, lower, rebate, reduce the price, reject, turn). (various references)

   

German

  

nachlassen (abatement, bequeath, decrease, deteriorate, die away, die down, dim, diminish, discount, drop, ease, ease off, ease up, fade, fail, failure, fall, flag, go, intermit, knock off, lessen, letup, loosen, moderate, rebate, reduce, relax, relaxation, relent, remit, respite, sink, slack off, slacken, slacken off, softening, subside, tail off, take off, to abandon ship, to abate, to carry easy sail, to ease up, to go easy, to intermit, to slacken, wane, waver, weaken, wear off), verringern (allay, bate, decrease, diminish, ease, extenuate, lessen, lower, reduce, scale down, slacken, thin, to abate, to allay, to bate, to reduce, weaken), abflauen (abatement, drop, fade, flag, sag, slack off, slacken, slacken off, subside, tail off, wane, wanes, wilt). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κοπάζω (blow over, die down, subside), μειώνω (abridge, bring down to, cut back on, decrease, deescalate, deplete, derogate from, detract, diminish, lessen, reduce, understate). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לשכך (assuage, lull, mollify, pacify, quell, soothe, still, subside), ל"קטין (decrease, detract, diminish, lessen, reduce, scale down), ל"פחית (abridge, cut down, decrease, devaluate, diminish, lower, reduce, remit, step down, subtract, take away), ל"חליש (attenuate, deaden, detach, enervate, enfeeble, impair, slacken, weaken, wear down). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

csökkent (alleviate, attenuate, cut, cut back, decrease, diminish, look down, lower, mitigate, reduce, reduced, remit, step down, to abate, to abridge, to ax, to curtail, to cut back, to cut down, to deflate, to depress, to derogate, to ease, to ease down, to lessen, to lower, to pare down, to pull in, to put down, to reduce, to release, to send down, to slack, to slacken, to step down, tone down, understate), érvénytelenít (abrogate, annul, call off, cancel, disannul, invalidate, nullify, quash, rescind, to annul, to frustrate, to infirm, to invalidate, to nullify, to overrule, to rescind, to set aside, to toll, to vitiate, to void, void). (various references)

   

Icelandic

  

niðurlægja (abase, decrease, lower). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

meredakan (assuage), menenangkan (allay, assuage, comfort, tranquillize). (various references)

   

Italian

  

diminuire (Bate, decline, decrease, detract, diminish, drop, dwindle, fall, go, go down, lessen, reduce, reduction, relax, remit, sag, slacken, slump, wane, weaken, worsen), ridurre (abandon ship, abbreviate, abridge, adapt, Bate, be reduced, bring down, curtail, cut, cut down, decrease, depress, drive, pare down, prune, rebate, reduce, reduce oneself, remit, shorten, shrink, turn into). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

衰える (to, to abate, to become weak, to decline, to wear), 冷める (to abate, to become cool, to subside, to wear off). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

おとろえる (to abate, to become weak, to decay, to decline, to waste away, to wear, to wither), しずまる (to abate, to be suppressed, to calm down, to die down, to quieten down, to subside), さがる (to abate, to fall, to hang down, to retire, to step back), さめる (to abate, to awake, to become cool, to come down, to come to one's senses, to cool down, to dampen, to discolour, to fade, to get sober, to subside, to wake, to wake up, to wear off), よわまる (to abate, to be dejected, to be emaciated, to be perplexed, to weaken), へらす (to abate, to decrease, to diminish, to shorten), へる (to abate, to decrease, to diminish, to elapse, to experience, to pass). (various references)

   

Manx

  

tuittym (befall, cadence, cadence of voice, calming, collapse, come off, crumple, decline, depreciate; abatement, depreciation, descend, die down, droop, drop fall, fall off, fall out, fall over, falling, falter, flounder, floundering, founder, go down, incidence, keel over, lapse, overbalance, sag, slump, subside, subsidence, tip over, topple, tumble, waver, waver of courage, wavering), traih (abatement, decrement, diminish, efflux, flow away, flow out, go down, go off, low water, make, make of ebb, ooze away, sink, subside, subsidence), lhaggaghey (abatement, bate, depress, dim, drop away, ease, ease off, fade, fade out, flag, mitigate; flagging, mitigation, reduce, reduction, relax, relaxation, write down). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

forminske (abridge, decrease, diminish, lessen). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

abateay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

diminuir (abridge, assuage, attenuate, commute, cut down, dampen, decline, decrease, derogate, detract, diminish, dock, dwarf, dyad, extenuate, fall, impair, lessen, lower, mince, minify, pass off, rebate, reduce, relax, retrench, shorten, shrink, sink, wear down, Whittle). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

alina (allay, alleviate, comfort, ease, lighten, lull, mitigate, palliate, relieve, set in a row, solace, soothe, stop, temper), anula (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, avoid, call off, cancel, defeat, disaffirm, disannul, discharge, dissolve, negate, negative, nullify, overrule, quash, recall, remit, render null, repeal, rescind, reverse, undo, vacate, vitiate), atenua (alleviate, attenuate, dilute, diminish, dull, extenuate, gloze, mellow, reduce, soften, subdue, subjugate, tone down, water down), abroga (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, cancel, nullify, remit, repeal, rescind, revoke), opri (abstain, arrest, balk, bar, baulk, break, bring to, bring to a stop, call off, circumvent, clog, collar, contain, curb, cut off, deflate, delay, discontinue, end, estop, forbear, forbid, foreclose, halt, hinder, hold, inhibit, interdict, keep back, phase out, prohibit, pull up, put a stopper on, put out, quench, restrain, retain, shut out, snag, staunch, stay, stem, stop, strangle, subside, taboo, withhold), coborî (alight, bring low, climb down, come down, couch, cut, debase, decline, depreciate, descend, detrain, dip, dismount, down, drop, duck, fall, get off, go down, lower, move down, reduce, suppress), descreşte (Bate, decline, decrease, dewindle, diminish, fall, fall off, flag, grow, lessen, shorten, sink, subside, wane), linişti (appease, assuage, attemper, becalm, calm, cease, comfort, compose, ease, hush, mitigate, mollify, pacify, quiet, quieten, reassure, recompose, rest, salve, serene, settle, smooth, smooth down, soothe, still), ogoi (allay, assuage, hush, pacify, soothe, subside), slãbi (attenuate, Bate, crock, debilitate, depauperate, diminish, drain, droop, dull, ease, emaciate, emasculate, enfeeble, extenuate, fade, fail, flag, go down, grow weak, impair, languish, let, loosen, lose flesh, lose weight, macerate, mine, peak and pine, pinch, pull down, reduce, relax, sap, sink, slack, slacken, slenderize, slim, soften, subdue, subside, take the edge off, thin, undermine, weaken), pune capãt la (cut, determine, make an end of, put an end to), reduce (abridge, ax, axe, bear down, bring, cancel out, contract, curtail, cut, decrease, derogate, detract, diminish, discount, draw in, drop, extenuate, fine down, knock down, knock off, lessen, lower, make good, narrow down, pare down, prune, recover, reduce, retrench, slacken, stint, stop, unbend, weaken), scãdea (abstract, decay, decline, decrease, deduct, deflate, depress, derogate from, diminish, drop, dwindle, ebb, fade, fall, go down, lower, recede, reduce, relax, sag, shrink, sink, subside, subtract, take off, wane), se atenua (dull, soften), se diminua (decrease, diminish, dwindle, fall away), se domoli (ease, flatten, lull, quiet down, relent, slacken, soften, swoon), se potoli (burn down, calm, dampen, die away, fall, flatten, lull, quiet, remit, settle, smooth down, soften, subside), micşora (abridge, attenuate, Bate, belittle, contract, cut, deaden, decrease, detract, dilute, dock, drop, dwarf, ease, knock down, lessen, lighten, lower, mellow, mitigate, narrow, palliate, pare, pare down, put down, rebate, reduce, remit, restrain, retrench, shorten, stop, subdue, subjugate, weaken, whittle away). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

уменьшать (decrease, detract, diminish, extenuate, lessen, minify, narrow down, reduce, relieve, remit, retrench, scale down, shrinks, take off, throttle back). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

stišati se (die down, quiet down), sniziti (demote, humble, knock down, lower), smanjiti se (drop off, fall off), smanjiti (curtail, cut back, cut down, decrease, diminish, downsize, lessen, mitigate, pare down, rebate, reduce, slash, whittle away, whittle down). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

disminuir (assuage, attenuate, curtail, cut down, damp, decline, decrease, detract, diminish, drop, drop off, fall, fall away, fall off, lighten, like, lower, put down, reduce, relieve, subside, weaken), menguar (bind off, decrease, diminish, drop, dwindle, ebb, fall, lessen, reduce, shorten, subside, wane), decrecer (decrease, diminish, drop, ease off, fall, lose weight, sink, slim, take away), calmarse (blow over, calm down, cool down, die down, drop, ease, quieten, settle down, simmer down, sober down, subside), amainar (decrease, diminish, drop, ease, fall, shorten, weaken), sosegarse (calm down, die down, quiet, subside), bajar (abase, bow, bring down, climb down, come down, cut, decline, decrease, deign, demean, demote, depreciate, descend, detrain, discount, dismount, download, drop, drop off, duck, ebb, fall, fall away, fall back, fall off, get down, get off, get out, go below, go belowdecks, go down, hand down, hang, hop off, let down, lift down, lower, pull down, put down, rebate, recede, reduce, ring down, sag, set out, sink, step down, stoop, subside, take down, trail, turn down, walk down, walk off, wind down). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

minska (allay, curtail, decrease, degrade, descend, detract from, diminish, ease, extenuate, fall off, fine away, fine down, go down, lapse, lessen, let up, lower, put down, reduce, sag, shrink, sink, slacken, step down, subside, wane), lindra (alleviate, appease, assuage, ease, mitigate, palliate, physic, relieve, salve, soothe), avta (decrease, diminish, drop off, ease, ebb, fail, fall, fall away, fall off, lessen, let up, lower, moderate, slacken, tail away, wane). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

azaltmak (alleviate, appease, attenuate, ax, axe, Bate, cut back, cut down on, deaden, decrease, depress, derogate, detract, diminish, dock, fade in, impair, lessen, make a dent in, minimize, mitigate, put down, reduce, retrench, scale down, shorten, sink, slim down, step back, step down, taper off), azalmak (be on the wane, be reduced, decay, decline, decrease, de-escalate, diminish, dive, drop off, dwindle, ease off, fall away, fall off, lessen, run short of, run short of smth., sag, scale down, shorten, shrink, sink, tail, wane, wear away), yatıştırmak (allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, attemper, becalm, calm, comfort, compose, conciliate, defuse, disarm, ease, hush, lull, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, placate, propitiate, quell, quiet, quieten, remit, salve, sedate, settle, smooth down, smother up, soften, soothe, still, tranquilize, tranquillize), yürürlükten kaldırmak (abrogate, dismantle, legislate away, repeal, rescind, revoke), hafiflemek (become lighter, ease off, settle, sink, slow down, wear off), geçmek (adjourn, be current, be over, be transmitted, be valid, beat, best, better, cap, catch, change to, clear, come down, cross, cut across, devolve, distance, elapse, exceed, Excel, expire, fit in, get through, go, go by, go down, go out, have outgrown smb., interlace, intervene, lapse, leave behind, negotiate, outdistance, outdo, outgo, outgrow, outpace, outrange, outrival, outrun, outstrip, pass, pass away, pass beyond, pass by, pass into, pass off, pass on, pass over, pass up, permeate, ride, rub on, run, run out, subside, surpass, top, tower above, track, transmigrate, turn, wear off), dindirmek (alleviate, assuage, attemper, ease, kill, quench, quiet, quieten, relieve, salve, soothe, stop, suppress). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

стримувати (bound, bridle, chasten, check, coerce, constrain, contain, control, curb, deter, dominate, hold in, inhibit, moderate, pocket, rein, restrain, stay, stop, suppress, swaddle, swallow, temper), скорочувати (abbreviate, abridge, ax, axe, blue pencil, boil down, cancel, castrate, curtail, cut, lop away, lop off, prune, retrench, shorten, shrink), скасовувати (abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, call off, cancel, disaffirm, disestablish, negative, nullify, repeal, rescind, withdraw), слабшати (ebb, fall, impair, pink in, sink, slack, wane, weaken), відміняти (abolish, abrogate, avoid, bar, defeat, negative, nullify, rescind, revoke, vacate), вщухати, ослабляти (allay, attenuate, deaden, debilitate, depress, emasculate, enfeeble, extenuate, impair, infirm, let down, loosen, lower, overcome, relax, slack, slacken, subdue, unbind, water, weaken), знижувати (bring down, невимушенІсть [f], degrade, depress, discount, lower, put down, reduce, send down, take from), зменшуватися (decline, decrease, dispeople, drop across, drop off, ease, ease off, fall off, turn down), зменшувати (allay, alleviate, ax, axe, belittle, cut back, decrease, detract, diminish, dwindle, extenuate, lessen, minify, palliate, relax, slacken, turn down, whittle away), заспокоюватися (calm down, hush, pacify, settle down, simmer down, soften, still, tranquilize, tranquillize), анулювати (abrogate, annul, avoid, bar, cancel, defeat, disannul, elide, null, nullify, overrule, quash, repeal, rescind, undo, wash out, withdraw), припиняти (adjourn, cease, desist, discontinue, end, give over, leave off, nip, stash, stop, surcease). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

lleihau (attenuate, decrease, diminish, lessen), gostwng (abase, bow, humble, lower, put down, reduce), gostegu (quell, silence, still). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Abate

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

ad, cadam, cadamus, cadant, cadas, cadat, cadatis, cadebant, cadebat, cadens, cadensque, cadent, cadentes, cadentesque, cadentibusque, cadere, caderem, caderent, caderet, cades, cadet, cadetis, cadit, cadite, cadunt, ceciderant, ceciderat, ceciderint, ceciderit, cecideritque, ceciderunt, cecideruntque, cecidi, cecidimus, cecidisse, cecidissent, cecidisset, cecidisti, cecidit, ceciditque, decrescebant, decrescens, decreta, decreti, decretis, decreto, decretum, decreveram, decreverat, decreverunt, decreveruntque, decrevi, decrevimus, decrevit, decrevitque, frixit, lenieris, lenietur, lenior, lenirent, lenis, minuas, minue, minuentur, minuere, minues, minuetis, minuetur, minui, minuisti, minuit, minuitur, minuta, minutis, minutum, remittere, reside, residebant, residens, resident, residentes, residentibus, residere, supercecidit. (various references)

Old French900-1400

abattre. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Abate

LanguageDateSourceMatthew Chapter 24, Verse 12
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai dia to plhqunqhnai thn anomian yughsetai h agaph twn pollwn
Latin405VulgateEt quoniam abundabit iniquitas refrigescet caritas multorum
Old English990West Saxon& for-þam þe unrihtwysnesse rixað manegera lufe äcolað.
Middle English1395WyclifAnd for wickidnesse schal `be plenteuouse, the charite of manye schal wexe coold;
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd because iniquite shall have the vpper hande the love of many shall abate.
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd because iniquity will abound, the love of many will become cold.
Basic English1964OgdenAnd because wrongdoing will be increased, the love of most people will become cold.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Abate

LanguageMatthew Chapter 24, Verse 12
BulgarianНо понеже ще се умножи беззаконието, любовта на мнозинството ще охладнее.
CebuanoUg kay mosanay man ang kadautan, mobugnaw ang gugma sa kadaghanan.
Chinese只 不 法 的 事 增 多 、 許 多 人 的 愛 心 、 " 漸 漸 冷 淡 了 。
CroatianRazmahat æe se bezakonje i ohladnjeti ljubav mnogih.
DanishOg fordi Lovløsheden bliver mangfoldig, vil Kærligheden blive kold hos de fleste.
DutchEn omdat de ongerechtigheid vermenigvuldigd zal worden, zo zal de liefde van velen verkouden.
FinnishJa sentähden, että laittomuus pääsee valtaan, kylmenee useimpien rakkaus.
FrenchEt, parce que l`iniquité se sera accrue, la charité du plus grand nombre se refroidira.
Germanund dieweil die Ungerechtigkeit wird überhandnehmen, wird die Liebe in vielen erkalten.
Haitian CreoleAp sitèlman gen mechanste sou latè, pifò moun yonn p'ap renmen lòt.
HungarianÉs mivelhogy a gonoszság megsokasodik, a szeretet sokakban meghidegül.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariKejahatan akan menjalar sebegitu hebat sampai banyak orang tidak dapat lagi mengasihi.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaDan sebab makin bertambah dosa, maka kasih orang banyak tawarlah kelak.
Italianper il dilagare dell'iniquit , l'amore di molti si raffredder .
Korean불 법 이 성 하 므 로 많 은 사 람 의 사 랑 이 식 어 지 리 라
LatvianUn tâpçc mîlestîba daudzos atdzisîs, jo netaisnîba bûs pârpilnîbâ.
Manx GaelicAs er-yn-oyr dy jean olkys bishaghey, nee graih-ghiastyllagh ymmodee feayraghey.
MaoriA, i te kino ka hua, ka matoke haere te aroha o te tini tangata.
Modern Greekκαι επειδη θελει πληθυνθη η ανομια, η αγαπη των πολλων θελει ψυχρανθη.
NorwegianOg fordi urettferdigheten tar overhånd, skal kjærligheten bli kold hos de fleste.
Portuguesee, por se multiplicar a iniquidade, o amor de muitos esfriará.   
RumanianWi, din pricina knmulyirii fqrqdelegii, dragostea celor mai mulyi se va rqci.
RussianЙ, П ТЙЮЙОЕ ХНОПЦЕОЙС 'ЕЪЪБЛПОЙС, ЧП НОПЗЙИ ПИМБ"ЕЕФ МА'ПЧШ;
ShuarTura Tunáa ti ákui nuamtak anenaichartatui.
Spanishy por haberse multiplicado la maldad, se enfriará el amor de muchos.
SwahiliKwa sababu ya ongezeko la uhalifu, upendo wa watu wengi utafifia.
SwedishOch därigenom att laglösheten förökas, skall kärleken hos de flesta kallna.
Thaiความรักของคนเป็นอันมากจะเยือกเย็นลง เพราะความชั่วช้าจะแผ่กว้างออกไป
UkrainianІ через розріст беззаконства любов багатьох охолоне.
UmaNto'u toe, kada'aa tauna katedoo-donihia, duu' -na mere' -mi ahi' tauna to wori'.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Abate

Derivations

Words beginning with "abate": abated, abatement, abatements, abater, abaters, abates. (additional references)

Words containing "abate": unabated, unabatedly. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Abate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aata, abace, Abada, abade, abadeh, Abadi, Abado, abae, abait, abaite, abale, abane, Abare, Abarew, abast, Abasto, abat, abatar, abath, abati, Abbat, abctg, abeat, Abebe, Abeche, abeet, aberate, abeta, abete, abiet, abire, abitibi, abito, abowte, absat, Absa'tze, abste, abte, abuti, adate, afate, albate, Amate, amati, Ambato, anate, apate, arate, Arbatov, arbete, atabe, Atabey, avante, avat, avate, ayat, Azato, Babauta, Bawaeth, dabate, gabakt, Kabarti, Mabote, Masbate, mawatte, Nabataea, nabataen, nabatean, obate, Rabatou, Sabato, Sabbatai. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Abate"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "abate" (pronounced ubā"t)
4u b ā" tdebate.
3-b ā" tbait, Bate.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Abate

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-e-t"

-1 letter: abet, bate, beat, beta.

-2 letters: aba, ate, baa, bat, bet, eat, eta, tab, tae, tea.

-3 letters: aa, ab, ae, at, ba, be, et, ta.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-b-e-t"
 

+1 letter: abated, abater, abates, ablate, bateau, bemata.

 

+2 letters: abaters, abettal, abeyant, ablated, ablates, abreact, abreast, actable, antbear, baccate, barbate, bateaux, batteau, bearcat, cabaret, datable, eatable, hatable, labiate, ratable, tabaret, tableau, takable, tamable, taxable.

 

+3 letters: abatable, abatises, abdicate, aberrant, abettals, ablative, ablegate, abnegate, aboiteau, abreacts, abrogate, acerbate, agitable, alphabet, ambulate, antbears, arbalest, arboreta, arbutean, atonable, aubretia, aubrieta, baccated, backbeat, backdate, backseat, bacteria, bakemeat, baldpate, barathea, bareboat, barrater, basaltes, batteaux, bearcats, beatable, betrayal, blastema, boatable, bracteal, bregmata, cabarets, cabotage, cabresta, cabretta, cartable, castable, crabmeat, database, dateable, deadbeat, eatables, entameba, glabrate, hateable, heatable, labiated, labiates, lambaste, makebate, meatball, rateable, rateably, ratsbane, sabotage, satiable, statable, tabarded, tabarets, tableaus, tableaux, tabulate, takeable, talkable, tameable, tannable, tastable, taxables, teaboard, tearable, trabeate, tradable, unabated, wastable.

 

+4 letters: abasement, abashment, abatement, abattises, abdicated, abdicates, aberrants, aberrated, ablatives, ablegates, abnegated, abnegates, abnegator, aboiteaus, aboiteaux, abominate, abreacted, abrogated, abrogates, abstained, abstainer, acerbated, acerbates, acetabula, adaptable, adoptable, adsorbate, adumbrate, aerobatic, alabaster, alphabets, alterable, alterably, ambulated, ambulates, approbate, arbalests, arbitrage, arbitrate, ascorbate, astrolabe, aubretias, aubrietas, auditable, bacchante, backbeats, backdated, backdates, backseats, backstage, backwater, bacterial, bacterias, bagatelle, bakemeats, baldpates, ballasted, ballistae, baratheas, bareboats, barraters, basipetal, bastinade, bathwater, beanstalk, betrayals, bilabiate, bilateral, bivariate, blastemal, blastemas, blastulae, brachiate, bracteate, breakfast, cabaletta, cabotages, cabrestas, cabrettas, calibrate, cantabile, capablest, carbamate, carbonate, carpetbag, catchable, crabmeats, databases, deadbeats, debatable, dilatable, draftable, elaborate, entamebae, entamebas, entamoeba, exactable, fabricate, fatigable, getatable, grantable, habitable, habituate, hatchable, heartbeat, lambasted, lambastes, locatable, makebates, matchable, meatballs, palatable, plantable, rabbinate, ratsbanes, relatable, rotatable, sabotaged, sabotages, saturable, sauceboat, stableman, stackable, stageable, stainable, stateable, stealable, steamboat, sweatband, tablature, tableland, tablemate, tableware, tabulated, tabulates, teaboards, teachable, teachably, trabeated, trabecula, traceable, tractable, tradeable, trainable, treatable, twayblade, unactable, uneatable, untamable, watchable, whaleboat.

 

+5 letters: abacterial, abasements, abashments, abatements, abbreviate, aberrantly, aberration, ablatively, abnegating, abnegation, abnegators, abominated, abominates, abreacting, abreaction, abstainers, abstracted, abstracter, acceptable, acceptably, acerbating, acetabular, acetabulum, actionable, adjustable, adsorbates, adumbrated, adumbrates, aerobatics, affectable, alabasters, algebraist, alphabeted, alphabetic, ambivalent, ameloblast, analphabet, antirabies, approbated, approbates, arbitrable, arbitraged, arbitrager, arbitrages, arbitrated, arbitrates, arborvitae, ascorbates, astrolabes, attachable, attainable, autobahnen, bacchantes, backwaters, bacteremia, bagatelles, balustrade, banalities, bandmaster, bardolater, baronetage, barratries, basketball, bastardies, bastardise, bastardize, bastinades, bathwaters, beanstalks, beautician, bequeathal, biparental, bitartrate, blackheart, blackwater, blastemata, blatancies, brachiated, brachiates, breakfasts, breakwater, breathable, bureaucrat, cabalettas, calibrated, calibrates, carbamates, carbonated, carbonates, carpetbags, catabolite, catabolize, chalybeate, charitable, chelatable, detachable, detachably, elaborated, elaborates, entamoebae, entamoebas, exacerbate, fabricated, fabricates, factorable, fastballer, fathomable, flabellate, habilitate, habituated, habituates, handbasket, heartbeats, heartbreak, inflatable, insatiable, interabang, isolatable, lamentable, lamentably, marketable, masturbate, metastable, metastably, mistakable, nontaxable, obtainable, outbalance, paddleboat, pasteboard, patentable, portabella, rabbinates, repeatable, sailboater, sauceboats, skateboard, stablemate, statutable, steamboats, sweatbands, tabernacle, tablatures, tablelands, tablemates, tablewares, talebearer, targetable, tenantable, threadbare, titratable, trabeation, trabeculae, trabecular, trabeculas, twayblades, unabatedly, unbeatable, unbeatably, watchables, whaleboats.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Abate


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 62 61 74 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-    -...    .-    -    .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01100010 01100001 01110100 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#98 &#97 &#116 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0062 0061 0074 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3568678671

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Historic
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Quotations: Speeches
8. Usage Frequency
9. Names: Frequency
10. Expressions
11. Expressions: Internet
12. Translations: Modern
13. Translations: Ancient
14. Bible Trace
15. Derivations
16. Rhymes
17. Anagrams
18. Orthography
19. Bibliography


  

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