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abate
Part of speech: Noun Part of speech: Verb Part of speech: VerbTo decrease; moderate; subside; as, the storm abates.
Usage examples "abate":- The alarm in the housekeeper's face did not abate. - "The Grell Mystery", Frank Froest.
- This continues until the " restlessness" begins to abate, after which fewer and fewer birds take wing. - "A Quantitative Study of the Nocturnal Migration of Birds. Vol.3 No.2", George H. Lowery..
- It was after sundown and the heat was beginning to abate. - "The Desert Fiddler", William H. Hamby.