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Verb: abate  u'beyt
  1. Make less active or intense
    "Time abated his anger";
    - slake, slack
     
  2. Become less in amount or intensity
    "The storm abated";
    - let up, slack off [informal], slack, die away

Derived forms: abating, abated, abates

Type of: come down, decrease, dent, diminish, fall, go down, lessen, minify, sink

Encyclopedia: Abate, Loris