1.  abate(v = verb.change) slack, slake - make less active or intense;
is one way to decrease, lessen, minify
Derived forms adjective abatable₁, noun abator₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

2.  abate(v = verb.change) die away, let up, slack, slack off - become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours"
is one way to decrease, diminish, fall, lessen
Derived form noun abatement₁
Sample sentences: Something ----s

1.  To beat down; to overthrow. [1913 Webster]
"The King of Scots . . . sore abated the walls." [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]
"His eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated." [1913 Webster]

3.  To deduct; to omit; as, to abate something from a price. [1913 Webster]
"Nine thousand parishes, abating the odd hundreds." [1913 Webster]

4.  To blunt. [1913 Webster]
"To abate the edge of envy." [1913 Webster]

5.  To reduce in estimation; to deprive. [1913 Webster]
"She hath abated me of half my train." [1913 Webster]

6.  To bring entirely down or put an end to; to do away with; as, to abate a nuisance, to abate a writ. [1913 Webster]

1.  To decrease, or become less in strength or violence; as, pain abates, a storm abates. [1913 Webster]
"The fury of Glengarry . . . rapidly abated." [1913 Webster]

2.  To be defeated, or come to naught; to fall through; to fail; as, a writ abates. [1913 Webster]

   Abatement. Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]

abate, v.
1 tr. & intr. make or become less strong, severe, intense, etc.
2 tr. Law a quash (a writ or action). b put an end to (a nuisance).

Derivative:
abatement n.

Etymology:
ME f. OF abatre f. Rmc (as A-(3), L batt(u)ere beat)

VB  decrease, diminish, lessen, abridge, shrink, drop off, fall off, tail off, fall away, waste, wear, wane, ebb, decline, descend, subside, melt away, die away, retire into the shade, hide its diminished head, fall to a low ebb, run low, languish, decay, crumble, bate, abate, dequantitate, discount, depreciate, extenuate, lower, weaken, attenuate, fritter away, mitigate, dwarf, throw into the shade, reduce, shorten, subtract.

VB  discount, bate, abate, rebate, reduce, price down, mark down take off, allow, give, make allowance, tax.