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Pronunciation : Bate
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Prob. abbrev. from debate.]
Definition : Defn: Strife; contention. [Obs.] Shak.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Bate
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [From abate.]
Definition : 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.

t. [imp. & p. p. Bated; p. pr. & vb. n. Bating.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Bate
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 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.

i.
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Pronunciation : Bate
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To attack; to bait. [Obs.] Spenser.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Bate
Part of Speech : imp.
Definition : Defn: of Bite. [Obs.] Spenser.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Bate
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [F. battre des ailes to flutter. Cf. Bait to flutter.]
Definition : Defn: To flutter as a hawk; to bait. [Obs.] Bacon.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Bate
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: See 2d Bath.

(Jewish Antiq.)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Bate
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Cf. Sw. beta maceration, soaking, G. beize, and E. bite.]
Definition : Defn: An alkaline solution consisting of the dung of certain animals; -- employed in the preparation of hides; grainer. Knight.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Bate
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To steep in bate, as hides, in the manufacture of leather.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913