Word: Abate
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
Middle English (in the legal sense): from Old French abatre ‘to fell’, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + batre ‘to beat’ (from Latin battere, battuere ‘to beat’)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
əˈbeɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
(of something unpleasant or severe) become less intense or widespread
Short Definition:become less intense or widespread
Examples:- the storm suddenly abated
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