1. (v. t.) To reduce; to decrease; to diminish; as, the winds abated; to contract; to moderate; to cut short; as, to abate a demand; to abate pride, zeal, hope.

2. (v. t.) To beat down; to overthrow.

3. (v. t.) To deduct; to omit; as, to abate something from a price.

4. (v. t.) To blunt.

5. (v. t.) To reduce in estimation; to deprive.

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

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

8. (v. t.) To decrease, or become less in strength or violence; as, pain abates, a storm abates.

9. (v. t.) To be defeated, or come to naught; to fall through; to fail; as, a writ abates.

10. (n.) Abatement.