| Cym I.v.65 | [Posthumus to Iachimo, of Innogen] I would abate her nothing [i.e. lower her value] |
| H5 III.ii.23 | [Pistol to Fluellen] Abate thy rage |
| Ham IV.vii.114 | [Claudius to Laertes] There lives within the very flame of love / A kind of wick or snuff that will abate it |
| Tit I.i.46 | [Marcus to Saturninus and Bassianus] withdraw you and abate your strength |
| TS induction.1.135 | [Lord alone, of his men] Haply my presence / May well abate the overmerry spleen |