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   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.
   
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   He must either bate the laborer's wages, or not employ or not pay him. Locke.
   
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   2. To allow by way of abatement or deduction.
   
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   To whom he bates nothing of what he stood upon with the parliament. South.
   
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   3. To leave out; to except. [Obs.]
   
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   Bate me the king, and, be he flesh and blood,
   
   He lies that says it. Beau. & Fl.
   
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   4. To remove. [Obs.]
   
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   About autumn bate the earth from about the roots of olives, and lay them bare. Holland.
   
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   5. To deprive of. [Obs.]
   
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   When baseness is exalted, do not bate
   
   The place its honor for the person's sake. Herbert.
   
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   Bated (), a. Reduced; lowered; restrained; as, “to speak with bated breath”.  Macaulay.
   
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