The first thing that comes to my mind when I see or hear the word abate is that it was the first word in the GRE Verbal word list. This memory is nearly 20 years old but I doubt it’s different now.
PS. the second word was abeyance (hi @kaa)
@simonwoods It’s a fabulous word, and I’m glad @kaa has employed it so that it makes a more frequent appearance in my life :-) // @pratik
@smokey @pratik @simonwoods your timing guys is impecable :). Just released the latest issue and forgot to post about it on my site.
@kaa And your reply just served as a reminder to subscribe via Feedbin. 👍
@simonwoods Nice! Its the way to go as this way you get my little email intros which dont appear in the direct RSS feed.