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abateabate /əˈbeɪt/ verb [intransitive, transitive] ETYMOLOGYabateOrigin: 1200-1300 Old French abattre to beat down, kill VERB TABLEabate |
Present | I, you, we, they | abate | | he, she, it | abates | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | abated | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have abated | | he, she, it | has abated | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had abated | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will abate | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have abated |
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Present | I | am abating | | he, she, it | is abating | | you, we, they | are abating | Past | I, he, she, it | was abating | | you, we, they | were abating | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been abating | | he, she, it | has been abating | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been abating | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be abating | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been abating |
formal to become less strong or decrease, or to make something do this: Public anger does not appear to be abating.—abatement noun [uncountable] |