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Abate \A*bate"\ ([.a]*b[=a]t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abated}, p.
pr. & vb. n. {Abating}.] [OF. abatre to beat down, F.
abattre, LL. abatere; ab or ad + batere, battere (popular
form for L. batuere to beat). Cf. {Bate}, {Batter}.]
1. To beat down; to overthrow. [Obs.]

The King of Scots . . . sore abated the walls.
--Edw. Hall.

2. To bring down or reduce from a higher to a lower state,
number, or degree; to lessen; to diminish; to contract; to
moderate; to cut short; as, to abate a demand; to abate
pride, zeal, hope.

His eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
--Deut. xxxiv.
7.

3. To deduct; to omit; as, to abate something from a price.

Nine thousand parishes, abating the odd hundreds.
--Fuller.

4. To blunt. [Obs.]

To abate the edge of envy. --Bacon.

5. To reduce in estimation; to deprive. [Obs.]

She hath abated me of half my train. --Shak.

6. (Law)
(a) To bring entirely down or put an end to; to do away
with; as, to abate a nuisance, to abate a writ.
(b) (Eng. Law) To diminish; to reduce. Legacies are liable
to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a
deficiency of assets.

{To abate a tax}, to remit it either wholly or in part.

But economic data released on Friday suggested that inflation may be abating while the economy continues to expand.
But around the country, law enforcement officials say they see no sign that drug abuse and trafficking are abating.
With the dollar's decline abating and borrowing costs rising, "you have to rethink holding that (short) position," Mr. White said.
Although the gulf crisis showed no signs of cooling off, temperatures in the Saudi desert were abating slightly.
THE SPATE of rights issues in the UK equity market since the start of March seems to show no sign of abating.
Concerns over the suspected carcinogen showed little sign of abating as Eddie Albert and other Hollywood entertainers held a news conference to urge mothers to demand that their grocers carry chemical-free produce.
But while inflation appears to be abating, analysts are concerned the Fed's grip could thrust the economy into recession.
Because inflation is abating in the U.S., economists say the Fed has leeway to ease again to bolster the recovering economy.
With the U.K. expansion showing few signs of abating, the boost from tax cuts "is rather more than the economy should have had," said Bill Martin, an economist with the London stockbrokerage Phillips & Drew.
As a result, a recent, promising corporate interest in archives and history is rapidly abating.
Some Pounds 70bn - more than a quarter of the total - has been knocked off the value of shops, offices, factories and warehouses around the country. Now the storm may be abating.
Some analysts agree that the company's growth shows little sign of abating.
Many borrowers say that the costlier terms belie the notion that the credit crunch is abating.
But the market quickly recovered from the claims report and prices began to rise as bargain hunters and speculators bought bonds on a bet that today's report on the producer price index will show that inflation is abating.
It noted that price increases in metals appear to be abating but are being replaced by drought-related price increases.
Even so, recent pessimism among traders and investors in the bond market doesn't appear to be abating.
Analysts said the meetings indicate Rabin believes the rebellion is abating.
Python mania shows no sign of abating, with the release of the six-CD box set The Instant Monty Python CD Collection by Virgin.
He believes that the market will improve later this year or early next year due to consistent evidence that inflation is abating.
Some analysts said market operators took comfort from renewed hopes that inflationary pressures may be abating.
The toxic problems show no signs of abating.
The volatility which has dominated the foreign exchange markets this year shows no signs of abating, writes Simon London. This was clear in the dollar's behaviour against the D-Mark last week.
Not victory, but success." The ceremony called attention to signs that the drug crisis, particularly the cocaine problem, appeared to be abating.
Crude, meanwhile, has been under pressure because there is a glut of oil available, which hasn't shown signs of abating, Fiedler said.
Brewers have shed pubs under orders from the Monopolies Commission while retailers and banks raised cash through sale and leaseback deals. The surge appears to be abating, however.
With inflation abating, the FOMC is very likely to ease monetary policy, says Brian Fabbri, chief economist at Midland Montagu Economics in New York.
The Federal Reserve signaled last week that it had begun lowering interest rates slightly amid signs that inflationary pressures are abating somewhat.
The challenge to the Urban League and its supporters is to devise complementary strategies for abating blacks' longstanding woes.
That news triggered a moderate sell-off in bonds, which in turn dragged down share prices. Yesterday, the decline in bonds showed no signs of abating.
Wolseley's addiction to equity shows no sign of abating.

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