unabate

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verb

To continue without abating or after temporarily abating.

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Meanings

verbunabate (third-person singular simple present unabates, present participle unabating, simple past and past participle unabated)

present singular third person unabates · participle present unabating · participle past unabated · past unabated

  1. nonstandardrareTo continue without abating or after temporarily abating.

    Feeling the heat as the impact unabates. Hearing the screech as a body will not wait.

    2011, Stephen Elkin, Mirror in the Bathroom, page 69
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    The process unabates, whether Red Man chewing tobacco, the Indian Head nickel, barbershop manikins, paratroopers with their Geronimo shouts, or Boy Scout troop names

    2003, A. Robert Lee, Multicultural American literature: comparative Black, Native, Latino/a and Asian American fictions, page 93

Origin

Back-formation from unabated and unabating. See un- and abate.

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APA

unabate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unabate

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“unabate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unabate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unabate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unabate.

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