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.]
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.
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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.
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Bate (?), v. t.
To attack; to bait.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
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Bate, imp.
of Bite.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
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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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