The Only Use
abate
in
The Odyssey, by Homer - (translated by: Butler)
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- For six days my men kept driving in the best cows and feasting upon them, but when Jove the son of Saturn had added a seventh day, the fury of the gale abated; we therefore went on board, raised our masts, spread sail, and put out to sea.†
Book 12abated = became less in amount or intensity
Definitions:
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(1)
(abate) to become less in amount or intensity
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)