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Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of abate form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Lowered, beaten down, or cut away, as the background of an ornamental pattern in relief. Used specifically of stone-cutting; also of metal when the pattern or inscription is to show bright on dark, and the ground is therefore worked out with the graving-tool and left rough or hatched in lines.
2. 2
   humbled.

Synonyms

All synonyms

attenuatedbatedbelittledconsumedcontractedcurtailed

Example

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"The storm has gradually abated."

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