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    +1  Views: 644 Answers: 2 Posted: 12 years ago
    jhharlan

    Your topics are home and garden. Could you mean "a bait" as in bug bait?
    Commented 12 years ago
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      Abate means>>> To put an end to.

      12 years ago. Rating: 4
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        Abate   [uh-beyt] Show IPA verb, a·bat·ed, a·bat·ing.
        verb (used with object)
        1.
        to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish: to abate a tax; to abate one's enthusiasm.
        2.
        Law .
        a.
        to put an end to or suppress (a nuisance).
        b.
        to suspend or extinguish (an action).
        c.
        to annul (a writ).
        3.
        to deduct or subtract: to abate part of the cost.
        4.
        to omit: to abate all mention of names.
        5.
        to remove, as in stone carving, or hammer down, as in metalwork, (a portion of a surface) in order to produce a figure or pattern in low relief.

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