All 4 Uses
abate
in
Medea, by Euripides
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- Would it but now abate, Ah God, I love her yet.†
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- ...Of this judgment not a line Shall waver nor abate.†
- Make Innocence my friend, God's fairest star, Yea, and abate not The rare sweet beat of bosoms without war, That love, and hate not.†
- Though full of hate Thou be, I yet will not so far abate My kindness for thee, nor refuse mine ear.†
Definitions:
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(1)
(abate) to become less in amount or intensity
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)