abate,

Beginning, and send to you, my dear Children and all my Friends, the choisest of Blessings -- so Wishes and prays yours, with an Ardour, that neither Absence, nor any other Event can abate,

Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, 13 February 1778 1963

When, with better weather, the sickness began to abate,

On the Fringe of the Great Fight 1921

Then cold fear falleth upon them, but the noise and the clamour abate,

The Story of Sigurd the Volsung William Morris 1865

Then cold fear falleth upon them, but the noise and the clamour abate,

The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs William Morris 1865

O Lightning an thou light my home and folk, * An their still brighter charms thy shine abate,

Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

While, through each year, as health and strength abate,

The Parish Register George Crabbe 1793

While, through each year, as health and strength abate,

The Parish Register George Crabbe 1793

While, through each year, as health and strength abate,

The Parish Register George Crabbe 1793

And a new dread attends th* impending blow r The Daunian chiefs their eager rage abate,

The Works of the English Poets 1779

"So wishes and prays yours, with an ardor that neither absence, nor any other event can abate,

Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams Sixth President of the Unied States William Henry Seward 1836