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Bate

Bate (bate)
n.((?))
Bate
[Prob. abbrev. from debate.]
  1. Strife; contention.
    [Obs.] Shak.

Bate

Bate (bate)
v. t.
Bate
  1. To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing] to abate; to beat down; to lower.

    He must either bate the laborer's wages, or not employ or not pay him.
    Locke.

  2. To allow by way of abatement or deduction.

    To whom he bates nothing of what he stood upon with the parliament.
    South.

  3. To leave out; to except.
    [Obs.]

    Bate me the king, and, be he flesh and blood,
    He lies that says it.
    Beau. *** Fl.

  4. To remove.
    [Obs.]

    About autumn bate the earth from about the roots of olives, and lay them bare.
    Holland.

  5. To deprive of.
    [Obs.]

    When baseness is exalted, do not bate
    The place its honor for the person's sake.
    Herbert.

Bate

Bate (bate)
v. i.
Bate
  1. To remit or retrench a part] -- with of.

    Abate thy speed, and I will bate of mine.
    Dryden.

  2. To waste away.
    [Obs.] Shak.

Bate

Bate (bate)
v. t.((?))
Bate
  1. To attack; to bait.
    [Obs.] Spenser.

Bate

Alternates
Bate
Bate
Bate (bate)
v. i.
Bate
  1. To flutter as a hawk; to bait.
    [Obs.] Bacon.

Bate

Bate (bate)
n.
Bate
  1. See 2d Bath.

Bate

Bate (bate)
n.
Bate
  1. An alkaline solution consisting of the dung of certain animals; -- employed in the preparation of hides; grainer.
    Knight.

Bate

Bate (bate)
v. t.
Bate
  1. To steep in bate, as hides, in the manufacture of leather.












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