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- noun Plural form of
abate . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
abate .
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Examples
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As soon as he feels that the heat has penetrated, he settles the foot, which is thus very hot, on the loins and spine of the patient, and when he presses down, the pain abates.
Pestilence and Headcolds: Encountering Illness in Colonial Mexico
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Yet after the hotel room, after the cups of soil-colored tea, after I remove the ropes from the ceiling above the bed, the ropes which were cemented to hold him there, after distraction in all forms abates, the soul in need of exorcism returns to the street that is Slowkowska Street.
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So what will we say after the current famine abates?
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So what will we say after the current famine abates?
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So what will we say after the current famine abates?
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The Lord Chamberlain has closed all public entertainments, including the Southwark and Bartholomew fairs as well as both playhouses, until the plague abates.
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While this may seem counterintuitive in the face of continued domestic violence worldwide, it is notable that in those societies or communities where intimate violence is stigmatized and reviled, the violence abates.
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Cooling centers were set up in many cities to offer residents places to escape, and they were expected to remain open during the day until the heat abates.
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The violence continues where it is ignored and abates where it is stigmatized.
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So what will we say after the current famine abates?
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