abate

Pronunciation

• (UK) (US) IPA ^(key): /əˈbeɪt/

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Verb

Plain form abate

Third-person singular abates

Past tense abated

Past participle abated

Present participle abating

1. When something abates, it grows less.

   The storm abated.

2. To abate something means to make it less or put an end to it.

   The medicine abated his pain.