Abate has 2 syllables and the stress is on the second syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | The storm didn't abate for several hours. | |
| 2. | This action would not have been sufficient to abate the odor nuisance. | |
| 3. | The Tyrians, yielding to the god, abate / their fierceness. Dido, more than all the rest, / warms to her Phrygian friends, and wears a kindly breast. | |
| 4. | The outcry would not abate. | |
| 5. | The heat won't abate. | |
| 6. | The rain has started to abate. | |
| 7. | And that is unlikely to abate. |