Abaisser

Definition: to pull/push down, to lower

N'abaissez pas ce levier ! - Don't pull that lever down!

Tout ce vent va certainement abaisser la température. - All this wind will certainly lower the temperature.

Related: un abaisse-langue - tongue depressor; un abaissement - pulling down, lowering, humiliation

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