ABATE
Function: verb (no object)
Comparative and superlative forms: abates; abated; abating
Meaning: to become weaker - to decrease in strength
e.g. We waited for the wind/storm to abate. The excitement has abated.
Derived form:
abatement - noun
Plural: abatements
e.g. (noncount) The violence has continued without abatement.
(count)a tax abatement (an amount by which a tax is reduced).
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