Definitions for abates

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abates a·bate

Spelling: [uh-beyt]

IPA: /əˈbeɪt/

Abates is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 111 anagrams from letters in abates (aabest).

Definitions for abates

verb (used with object)

1. to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish:
2. Law. to put an end to or suppress (a nuisance). to suspend or extinguish (an action). to annul (a writ).
3. to deduct or subtract:
4. to omit:
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.

verb (used without object)

1. to diminish in intensity, violence, amount, etc.:
2. Law. to end; become null and void.

Origin of abates

1300-50; Middle English Middle French abatre to beat down, equivalent to a- a-⁵ + batre Late Latin batere for Latin battuere to beat; a- perhaps also understo

Examples for abates

Whether or not it abates one half the guilt, I make the confession.

On the advent of the joint affection the discharge usually continues as it was, although it often abates somewhat.

In comes Ailie; one look at her quiets and abates the eager students.

Increasing the Number, abates the Value, and by making it more, you make it less.

The bedchambers have low windows, which abates the dignity of the house.

It abates one's relish for enjoyment, it tempers one's thirst for present pleasures; it loosens one's hold upon things mundane.

Will you stay under shelter a few minutes yet, and see whether it abates?

To Friendship—it improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.

In comes Ailie: one look at her quiets and abates the eager students.

My dear, I have many lonely hours; I have much suffering, which abates enthusiasm.