abate
31abate — UK [əˈbeɪt] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms abate : present tense I/you/we/they abate he/she/it abates present participle abating past tense abated past participle abated formal to gradually become less serious or extreme The fighting shows… …
32abate — 1. verb /əˈbeɪt/ a) To bring down or reduce to a lower state, number, degree or estimation. Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets. b) To diminish in force or intensity. Not that they feel it so,… …
33Abate — Recorded in many spelling forms including the French and English Abba, Abbay, Abbe, Abbate, Abbatt, Labbe, Labbey, Labey, Abade, the Scottish Abbie and Abbe, and the Italian Abbattini, Dell Abate or Degli Abbati, this most interesting and unusual …
34abate — verb Abate is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑anger, ↑fear, ↑storm …
35abate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. decrease, lessen, moderate, diminish, subside; allay, slake, slacken, subdue; curtail, remit; let down (on), take off the edge (of). Ant., increase. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To make less] Syn. reduce,… …
36abate — a|bate [əˈbeıt] v [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: abattre [i] to beat down, kill ] formal to become less strong or decrease ▪ We waited for the storm to abate …
37Abate — Aba|te der; [n], Plur. n od. ...ti <aus it. u. span. abate »Abt«, dies über spätlat. abbas (Gen. abbatis) aus spätgr. ábbas, vgl. ↑Abba> Titel eines Weltgeistlichen in Italien und Spanien …
38abate — verb (I, T) formal to become less strong or decrease, or to make something do this: We waited for the storm to abate. abatement noun (U) …
39Abate (eclesiástico) — Abate. Se daba el nombre de abate en España, Francia, Italia y aun en otros países a una persona que no teniendo por lo común mas que órdenes menores católicas, vestía de clérigo a la romana. Antes de la revolución Francesa era infinito el número …
40Abate (surname) — Abate is an Italian surname:*Abiyote Abate (born 1980), Ethiopian long distance runner *Beniamino Abate (born 1962), Italian football (soccer) goalkeeper *Bob Abate (1893 1981), Canadian sports coach *Carlo Mario Abate (born 1932), Italian… …
