Bate
Bate ({not transcribed}) , noun
[Probably abbrev. from debate.]
Strife; contention. [Obsolete] — Shakespeare
Bate , transitive verb
[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.
2.
To allow by way of abatement or deduction.
To whom he bates nothing of what he stood upon with the parliament.
3.
To leave out; to except. [Obsolete]
Bate me the king, and, be he flesh and blood,
He lies that says it.
4.
To remove. [Obsolete]
About autumn bate the earth from about the roots of olives, and lay them bare.
5.
To deprive of. [Obsolete]
When baseness is exalted, do not bate
The place its honor for the person's sake.
Bate , intransitive verb
1.
To remit or retrench a part; -- with of.
Abate thy speed, and I will bate of mine.
2.
To waste away. [Obsolete] — Shakespeare
Bate ({not transcribed}) , transitive verb
To attack; to bait. [Obsolete] — Spenser
Bate , imperfect
Bate , intransitive verb
[French battre des ailes to flutter. Compare Bait to flutter.]
To flutter as a hawk; to bait. [Obsolete] — Bacon
Bate , noun
(Jewish Antiquities) See 2d Bath.
Bate , noun
[Compare Swedish beta maceration, soaking, German beize, and English bite.]
An alkaline solution consisting of the dung of certain animals; -- employed in the preparation of hides; grainer. — Knight
Bate , transitive verb
To steep in bate, as hides, in the manufacture of leather.