All 3 Uses of
abate
in
The Scarlet Pimpernel
- If the wind did not abate or change, they would perforce have to wait another ten or twelve hours until the next tide, before a start could be made.†
Chpt 22
- And the storm had not abated, the wind had not changed, and the tide was rapidly drawing out.†
Chpt 22 *abated = became less in amount or intensity
- The storm had abated just too late; the tide was by then too far out to allow a vessel to put off to sea.†
Chpt 22
Definition:
to become less in amount or intensity