Both Uses of
abate
in
Sense and Sensibility
- His medicines had failed;—the fever was unabated; and Marianne only more quiet—not more herself—remained in a heavy stupor.†
Chpt 43unabated = 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.
- The next morning produced no abatement in these happy symptoms.†
Chpt 46 *abatement = the act of reducing in amount or intensity; or the condition of having been reduced in amount or intensity
Definition:
to become less in amount or intensity