Definitions
1.verb(obsolete outside law) To put an end to; to cause to cease."to abate a nuisance"
2.verbTo become null and void."The writ has abated."
3.verbTo nullify; make void."to abate a writ"
4.verbTo humble; to lower in status; to bring someone down physically or mentally.
5.verbTo be humbled; to be brought down physically or mentally.
6.verbTo curtail; to deprive."Order restrictions and prohibitions to abate an emergency situation."
7.verbTo reduce in amount, size, or value."Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets."
8.verbTo decrease in size, value, or amount.
9.verbTo moderate; to lessen in force, intensity, to subside.
10.verbTo decrease in intensity or force; to subside.
11.verbTo deduct or omit."We will abate this price from the total."
12.verbTo bar or except.
13.verbTo cut away or hammer down, in such a way as to leave a figure in relief, as a sculpture, or in metalwork.
14.verbTo dull the edge or point of; to blunt.
15.verbTo destroy, or level to the ground.
16.verbTo enter a tenement without permission after the owner has died and before the heir takes possession.
17.nounAnesis.