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

Derived forms: abating, abated, abates

Type of: decrease, diminish, fall, lessen, minify

Encyclopedia: Abate, Loris

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