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Bate Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Bate?
[v] soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments; "bate hides and skins"
[v] flap the wings wildly or frantically; used of falcons [v] moderate or restrain; lessen the force of; "He bated his breath when talking about this affair"; "capable of bating his enthusiasm" Synonyms | Synonyms for Bate: Related Terms | Find terms related to Bate: abate | ablate | abrade | abstract | alleviate | allow | attenuate | bar | be eaten away | blunt | charge off | close | consume | consume away | corrode | count out | crumble | curtail | cut | debar | decline | decrease | deduct | deliquesce | depreciate | derogate | detract | die away | die down | dilute | diminish | discount | disedge | disparage | dive | drain | draw the teeth | drop | drop off | dull | dwindle | ease | ease off | ease up | eat away | ebb | eliminate | erode | except | extenuate | extract | fall | fall away | fall off | file away | impair | kick back | languish | leach | lessen | let down | let up | loose | loosen | make allowance | melt away | mitigate | moderate | obtund | plummet | plunge | purify | rebate | reduce | refine | refund | relax | remit | remove | repress | retrench | retund | rub away | rule out | run low | sag | shorten | shrink | sink | slack | slack off | slack up | slacken | slake | subduct | subside | subtract | suspend | tail off | take a premium | take away | take from | take off | taper | taper off | thin | thin out | turn | unbend | unbrace | unstrain | unstring | wane | waste | waste away | water down | weaken | wear | wear away | weed | withdraw | write off See Also | beat | check | contain | control | curb | douse | dowse | drench | flap | hold | hold in | moderate | soak | sop | souse Bate In Webster's Dictionary \Bate\, n. [Prob. abbrev. from debate.]
Strife; contention. [Obs.] --Shak.
\Bate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bating}.] [From abate.] 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 or 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\, v. i. 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\, v. t. To attack; to bait. [Obs.] --Spenser. \Bate\, imp. of {Bite}. [Obs.] --Spenser. \Bate\, v. i. [F. battre des ailes to flutter. Cf. {Bait} to flutter.] To flutter as a hawk; to bait. [Obs.] --Bacon. \Bate\, n. (Jewish Antiq.) See 2d {Bath}. \Bate\, n. [Cf. Sw. beta maceration, soaking, G. beize, and E. bite.] An alkaline solution consisting of the dung of certain animals; -- employed in the preparation of hides; grainer. --Knight. \Bate\, v. t. To steep in bate, as hides, in the manufacture of leather. |
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