verb · transitive · rare

abate

abate · abates · abated · abating

зупинитися, зупинятися, зупинити

уменьшаться, уменьшиться, спадать, спасть

verringern, vermindern, sich legen, schwächen

To lessen in force or intensityTo lessen (something) in force or intensity; to moderate.

ⓘ

/əˈbeɪt/

» The wind has abated.

Der Wind hat nachgelassen.

Ветер утих.

Ветер ослаб.

Ветер стих.

Meaning

25 senses

(transitive)To lessen (something) in force or intensity; to moderate.
nachlassen, sich legen, schwächen
уменьша́тьсяumenʹšátʹsja, уме́ньшитьсяuménʹšitʹsja, спада́тьspadátʹ
(transitive)To reduce (something) in amount or size.
vermindern, verringern, verkleinern
become less in amount or intensity
To reduce (something) in amount or size.
(transitive)To cut away or hammer down (material from metalwork, a sculpture, etc.) in such a way as to leave a figure in relief.
(transitive)To lower (something) in price or value.
(transitive)To make (a writ or other legal document) void; to nullify.
to abate a writ
(transitive)To put an end to (a nuisance).
She was ordered by the court to abate the nuisance.
(US, transitive)To dismiss or otherwise bring to an end (legal proceedings) before they are completed, especially on procedural grounds rather than on the merits.
(intransitive)To decrease in force or intensity; to subside.
(intransitive)To decrease in amount or size.
(intransitive)To lower in price or value; (law) specifically, of a bequest in a will: to lower in value because the testator's estate is insufficient to satisfy all the bequests in full.
Bequests and legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets.
(historical, intransitive)Of a writ or other legal document: to become null and void; to cease to have effect.
The writ has abated.
(US, intransitive)Of legal proceedings: to be dismissed or otherwise brought to an end before they are completed, especially on procedural grounds rather than on the merits.

Examples

26 sentences

The wind has abated.
ruВетер утих.
deDer Wind hat nachgelassen.
CC BY · Tatoeba · CM · C2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
The rain has started to abate.
ruДождь начал стихать.
CC BY · Tatoeba · SSibelty · C2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
And that is unlikely to abate.
CC BY · Tatoeba · SSibelty · C2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
The storm is starting to abate.
ruБуря начинает стихать.
deDas Gewitter lässt langsam nach.
CC0 · Tatoeba · ddnktr · C2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
The storm didn't abate for several hours.
ruШторм не утихал несколько часов.
CC BY · Tatoeba · CM · C2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem

Translations

6 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

to lessen (something) in force or intensity — see also moderate:

Deutsch

By meaning 6

to lessen (something) in force or intensity — see also moderate:

to reduce (something) in amount or size:

demolish or level to the ground (a building or other structure):

to give no consideration to (something); to treat as an exception:

(obsolete) to bring down (someone) mentally or physically:

(obsolete) to omit or remove (a part from a whole) — see also deduct, subtract:

Origin

From Middle English abaten, from Anglo-Norman abatre, from Late Latin abbattere, from Lati

From Middle English abaten, from Anglo-Norman abatre, from Late Latin abbattere, from Latin battere.

From Anglo-Norman abatre, probably an alteration of Anglo-Norman and Middle French embatre, enbatre (“to drive or rush into; to enter into a tenement without permission”) (compare Late Latin abatare), from Middle French, Old French em-, en- (prefix meaning ‘in, into’) + Middle French, Old French batre (“to beat, hit, strike”) (from Latin battere, battuere, the present active infinitive of battuō (“to beat, hit; to beat up; to fight”); see further at etymology 1). The English word was probably also influenced by the verb abate.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source