- Bated
- Bate 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.
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He must either bate the laborer's wages, or not employ or not pay him. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
2. To allow by way of abatement or deduction. [1913 Webster]
To whom he bates nothing of what he stood upon with the parliament. --South. [1913 Webster]
3. To leave out; to except. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Bate me the king, and, be he flesh and blood, He lies that says it. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
4. To remove. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
About autumn bate the earth from about the roots of olives, and lay them bare. --Holland. [1913 Webster]
5. To deprive of. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
When baseness is exalted, do not bate The place its honor for the person's sake. --Herbert. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
