v. to do away with a problem, such as a public or private nuisance or some structure built contrary to public policy. This can include dikes, which illegally direct water onto a neighbor's proper [..]

v. to do away with a problem, such as a public or private nuisanc...

To lessen or decrease. For example, after a boil is lanced, the pus can drain and the pain and tenderness abate. From the French abbatre, to beat down.

c. 1300, "put an end to" (transitive); early 14c., "to grow less, diminish in power or influence" (intransitive); from Old French abatre "beat down, cast down, strike down; fe [..]

To lessen or decrease.

  to lessen, shorten; to blunt; to bar.

abat·ed abat·ing [Old French abattre, literally, to knock down, from a-, prefix stressing result + battre to beat] vt 1 a : to put an end to or do away with [ a nuisance] b : make void : ...

To cut away so as to leave parts in relief.

(v) make less active or intense(v) become less in amount or intensity

To reduce the degree or intensity of, or eliminate, pollution.

"Abate" means to reduce a devise on account of the insufficiency of the estate to pay all claims, expenses and devises in full.

(transitive,obsolete|outside|legal) To put an end to; to cause to cease.rapidly abated. (intransitive) To decrease in intensity or force; to subside., '''': *:in the morning, the wind having abat [..]