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verb (English)
1. (transitive) To reduce the force of something; to abate.Examples: "Ah, left ſome Thorn ſhoul'd pierce thy tender Foot, / Or thou ſhoul'dſt fall in flying my purſuit! / To ſharp uneven Ways thy ſteps decline; / Abate thy Speed, and I will bate of mine."transitive
2. (transitive) To restrain, usually with the sense of being in anticipationExamples: "[…] and to his dying day he bated his breath a little when he told the story of the stroke with the willow wand."transitive
3. (transitive, sometimes figuratively) To cut off, remove, take away.Examples: "Also about Autumne bate the earth from about the roots of Olives, and lay them bare, but in stead thereof put good mucke thereto."; "Nay, if he be of a proud humour, […] he will not Bate an Ace of abſolute certainty, but however doubtful or improbable the thing is, coming f[r]om him it muſt go for an indiſputable truth."figurativelysometimestransitive
4. (archaic, transitive) To leave out, except, bar.Examples: "Bate the King, and be he fleſh and blood, / He lyes that ſaies it, thy mother at fifteen / Was black and ſinful to her."; "Bate (I beſeech you) widdow Dido."archaictransitive
verb (English)
1. (intransitive) To contend or strive with blows or arguments.intransitive
2. (intransitive, falconry) Of a falcon: To flap the wings vigorously; to bait.Examples: "The fiꝛſt is holde faſt at all timys, and ſpecially whan ſhe batith. It is calde batyng, for ſhe batith with hiꝛ ſelfe moſt oftyn cauſeles[.]"; "I am like a hawk , that bates , when I see occasion of service , but cannot fly because I am tied to another's fist"intransitive
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To soak leather so as to remove chemicals used in tanning; to steep in bate.transitive
verb (English)
1. (obsolete or nonstandard) simple past of beat; = beat.Examples: "Fitzpatrick, now perceiving […] that he had made a very unfortunate mistake, began to ask many pardons of the lady; and then, turning to Jones, he said, “I would have you take notice I do not ask your pardon, for you have bate me; for which I am resolved to have your blood in the morning.”"; "Leonard: Penny’s taking you to the DMV; I’m going to bed. Sheldon: Why Penny? Leonard: Because rock bate scissors. Goodnight."form-ofnonstandardobsoletepast
verb (English)
1. (intransitive, slang) Clipping of masturbate.abbreviationalt-ofclippingintransitiveslang
noun (English)
1. (Ireland) direction, course, trackExamples: "What bate are you on now = where are you going and why ? The dog is on some bate = is finding or following a scent."Irelanduncountable
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