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- verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
abate .
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Examples
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Nobility of birth commonly abateth industry; and he that is not industrious, envieth him that is.
The Essays 2007
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And so, my noble rederes, vntil the hete of somer fullie abateth, ich shal be up wyth litel Lowys, in hys attic room, playinge of video games and drinkinge depe draughtes of mountayne dewe.
review o’ the day: Geoffrey Chaucer on video games « raincoaster 2006
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[Mans courage oft abateth, but hope seldome forsaketh.]
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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The fire in the vpper part, for want of matter, somewhat abateth for the time.
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The fire in the vpper part, for want of matter, somewhat abateth for the time.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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As by the former figure we vse to enforce our sence, so by another we temper our sence with wordes of such moderation, as in appearaunce it abateth it but not in deede, and is by the figure _Liptote_, which therefore I call the _Moderator_, and becomes us many times better to speake in that sort quallified, than if we spake it by more forcible termes, and neuertheles is equipolent in sence, thus.
The Arte of English Poesie George Puttenham
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For the creature serving thee, the Creator, is made fierce against the unjust for their punishment: and abateth its strength for the benefit of them that trust in thee.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete The Challoner Revision Anonymous
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A wicked woman abateth the courage, and maketh a heavy countenance, and a wounded heart.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete The Challoner Revision Anonymous
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For the creature serving thee, the Creator, is made fierce against the unjust for their punishment: and abateth its strength for the benefit of them that trust in thee.
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A wicked woman abateth the courage, and maketh a heavy countenance, and a wounded heart.
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