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Definition
to become less in amount or intensity
- Phoebe's wheezing had abated and her color had improved; her cheeks were faintly pink.p. 93.1
- But by midmorning the storm had begun to abate, and the distant sounds of plows grated through the still air.p. 19.4
There are no more uses of "abate" in The Memory Keeper’s Daughter.
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