bate

1. n. Strife; contention. Source: opted

2. v. t. To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower. Source: opted

3. v. t. To allow by way of abatement or deduction. Source: opted

4. v. t. To leave out; to except. Source: opted

5. v. t. To remove. Source: opted

6. v. t. To deprive of. Source: opted

7. v. i. To remit or retrench a part; -- with of. Source: opted

8. v. i. To waste away. Source: opted

9. v. t. To attack; to bait. Source: opted

10. imp. of Bite. Source: opted

11. v. i. To flutter as a hawk; to bait. Source: opted

12. n. See 2d Bath. Source: opted

13. n. An alkaline solution consisting of the dung of certain animals; -- employed in the preparation of hides; grainer. Source: opted

14. v. t. To steep in bate, as hides, in the manufacture of leather. Source: opted

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