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• abate — /ə bāt/ vb abat·ed, abat·ing [Old French abattre, literally, to knock down, from a , prefix stressing result + battre to beat] vt 1 a: to put an end to or do away with abate a nuisance b: make void: null …   Law dictionary

• Abate — A*bate ([.a]*b[=a]t ), v. i. [See {Abate}, v. t.] 1. To decrease, or become less in strength or violence; as, pain abates, a storm abates. [1913 Webster] The fury of Glengarry . . . rapidly abated. Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. To be defeated, or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Abate — A*bate ([.a]*b[=a]t ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abated}, p. pr. & vb. n. {Abating}.] [OF. abatre to beat down, F. abattre, LL. abatere; ab or ad + batere, battere (popular form for L. batuere to beat). Cf. {Bate}, {Batter}.] 1. To beat down; to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Abate Luigi — (Italian language: Abbot Luigi ) is one of the talking statues of Rome. Like the other five talking statues , pasquinades irreverent satires poking fun at public figures were posted beside Abate Luigi in the 14th and 15th centuries. The statue is …   Wikipedia

• abate — (v.) put an end to (c.1300); to grow less, diminish in power or influence (early 14c.), from O.Fr. abattre beat down, cast down, from V.L. *abbatere, from L. ad to (see AD (Cf. ad )) + battuere to beat (see BATTER (Cf. batter) (v.)). Secondary… …   Etymology dictionary

• abate — ► VERB 1) (of something bad) become less intense or widespread. 2) Law reduce or remove (a nuisance). DERIVATIVES abatement noun. ORIGIN Old French abatre to fell , from Latin battere to beat …   English terms dictionary

• abate — verb (abated; abating) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French abatre to strike down more at rebate Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. a. to put an end to < abate a nuisance > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• abate — /əˈbeɪt / (say uh bayt) verb (abated, abating) –verb (t) 1. to reduce in amount, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish: to abate a tax; to abate one s enthusiasm. 2. Law to put an end to or suppress (a nuisance); suspend or extinguish (an action);… …  

• ABATE, Niccolo Dell' — (c. 1509/12 c. 1571) Niccolo dell Abate was one of several Italian artists who worked in France in the sixteenth century. Born in the Emilia region, he moved permanently to France and worked at court, primarily at Fontainebleau, where he became… …   Renaissance and Reformation 1500-1620: A Biographical Dictionary

• Abate — 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 …   Surnames reference

• abate — 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,… …   English dictionary for students