to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish: to abate a tax;to abate one's enthusiasm. Law. to put an end to or suppress (a nuisance). to suspend or extinguish (an action).

What does the Latin word abate mean?

1300, "put an end to" (transitive); early 14c., "to grow less, diminish in power or influence" (intransitive); from Old French abatre "beat down, cast down, strike down; fell, destroy; abolish; reduce, lower" (Modern French abattre), from Vulgar Latin *abbatere, from Latin ad "to" (see ad-) + battuere "to beat" (see ...

What does abate mean example?

The definition of abate means to become less or lower in amount or force than at a prior time. An example of abate is when a hurricane becomes a tropical storm.