French Meaning of abate

diminuer

Other French words related to diminuer

Definitions and Meaning of abate in English

Wordnet

abate (v)

make less active or intense

become less in amount or intensity

Webster

abate (v. t.)

To beat down; to overthrow.

To bring down or reduce from a higher to a lower state, number, or degree; to lessen; to diminish; to contract; to moderate; to cut short; as, to abate a demand; to abate pride, zeal, hope.

To deduct; to omit; as, to abate something from a price.

To blunt.

To reduce in estimation; to deprive.

To bring entirely down or put an end to; to do away with; as, to abate a nuisance, to abate a writ.

To diminish; to reduce. Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets.

To decrease, or become less in strength or violence; as, pain abates, a storm abates.

To be defeated, or come to naught; to fall through; to fail; as, a writ abates.

Webster

abate (n.)

Abatement.

FAQs About the word abate

diminuer

make less active or intense, become less in amount or intensityTo beat down; to overthrow., To bring down or reduce from a higher to a lower state, number, or d

Diminuer,diminuer,s'apaiser,déclin,décroître,facilité,reflux,s'évaporer,chute,s'éloigner

accumuler,apparaître,construire,émerger,agrandir,Escalader,agrandir,grandir,augmentation,Intensifier

abatable nuisance => trouble supprimable, abatable => réductible, abassis => Abbassides, abassi => abbasside, abasing => abaissant,