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Webster 1913 Edition
Bate
Bate
,Noun.
[Prob. abbrev. from
debate
.] Strife; contention.
[Obs.]
Shak.
Bate
,Verb.
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 of 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
The place its honor for the person's sake.
bate
The place its honor for the person's sake.
Herbert.
Bate
,Verb.
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
,Verb.
T.
To attack; to bait.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
Bate
,Verb.
I.
[F.
battre des ailes
to flutter. Cf. Bait
to flutter.] To flutter as a hawk; to bait.
[Obs.]
Bacon.
Bate
,Noun.
[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
,Verb.
T.
To steep in bate, as hides, in the manufacture of leather.
Webster 1828 Edition
Bate
BATE
,Noun.
Strife; contention; retained in make-bate.
BATE
,Verb.
T.
To lessen by retrenching, deducting or reducing; as, to bate the wages of the laborer; to bate good cheer. [We now use abate.]
BATE
,Verb.
I.
Abate thy speed and I will bate of mine.
Spenser uses bate in the sense of sinking, driving in, penetrating; a sense regularly deducible from that of beat, to thrust.
Yet there the steel staid not, but inly bate.
Deep in the flesh, and open'd wide a red flood gate.