Both Uses of
abate
in
Pride and Prejudice
- The morrow produced no abatement of Mrs. Bennet's ill-humor or ill health.†
p. 113.4 *abatement = the act of reducing in amount or intensity; or the condition of having been reduced in amount or intensity
- I told him, moreover, that I believed myself mistaken in supposing, as I had done, that your sister was indifferent to him; and as I could easily perceive that his attachment to her was unabated, I felt no doubt of their happiness together.†
p. 350.9unabated = without a reduction in amount or intensitystandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unabated means not. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
Definition:
to become less in amount or intensity