[əˈbeɪt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (of something unpleasant or severe) become less intense or widespread
(e.g: the storm suddenly abated)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (in the legal sense): from Old French abatre ‘to fell’, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + batre ‘to beat’ (from Latin battere, battuere ‘to beat’)