GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Found 9 definitions

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   Bate , n. [Prob. abbrev. from debate.] Strife; contention. [Obs.]
   Shak.
   
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   Bate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bated; p. pr. & vb. n. Bating.] [From abate.]
   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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   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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   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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   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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   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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   Bate, v. i.
   To remit or retrench a part; -- with of.
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   Abate thy speed, and I will bate of mine.
   Dryden.
   
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   To waste away. [Obs.]
   Shak.
   
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4.       
   Bate , v. t. To attack; to bait. [Obs.]
   Spenser.
   
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5.       
   Bate, imp. of Bite. [Obs.]
   Spenser.
   
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6.       
   Bate, v. i. [F. battre des ailes to flutter. Cf. Bait to flutter.] To flutter as a hawk; to bait. [Obs.]
   Bacon.
   
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   Bate, n. (Jewish Antiq.) See 2d Bath.
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   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.
   
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   Bate, v. t. To steep in bate, as hides, in the manufacture of leather.
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