Thesaurus: bate

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1. n. Strife; contention.
2. v. t. To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower.
3. v. t. To allow by way of abatement or deduction.
4. v. t. To leave out; to except.
5. v. t. To remove.
6. v. t. To deprive of.
7. v. i. To remit or retrench a part; -- with of.
8. v. i. To waste away.
9. v. t. To attack; to bait.
10. imp. of Bite.
11. v. i. To flutter as a hawk; to bait.
12. n. See 2d Bath.
13. n. An alkaline solution consisting of the dung of certain animals; -- employed in the preparation of hides; grainer.
14. v. t. To steep in bate, as hides, in the manufacture of leather.