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[verb] flap the wings wildly or frantically; used of falcons
[verb] moderate or restrain; lessen the force of; "He bated his breath when talking about this affair"; "capable of bating his enthusiasm"
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\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. He must either bate the laborer's wages, or not employ or not pay him. --Locke. 2. To allow by way of abatement or deduction. To whom he bates nothing or what he stood upon with the parliament. --South. 3. To leave out; to except. [Obs.] Bate me the king, and, be he flesh and blood. He lies that says it. --Beau. & Fl. 4. To remove. [Obs.] About autumn bate the earth from about the roots of olives, and lay them bare. --Holland. 5. To deprive of. [Obs.] When baseness is exalted, do not bate The place its honor for the person's sake. --Herbert.
\Bate\, v. i. 1. To remit or retrench a part; -- with of. Abate thy speed, and I will bate of mine. --Dryden. 2. To waste away. [Obs.] --Shak.
\Bate\, v. t. To attack; to bait. [Obs.] --Spenser.
\Bate\, imp. of {Bite}. [Obs.] --Spenser.
\Bate\, v. i. [F. battre des ailes to flutter. Cf. {Bait} to flutter.] To flutter as a hawk; to bait. [Obs.] --Bacon.
\Bate\, n. (Jewish Antiq.) See 2d {Bath}.
\Bate\, n. [Cf. Sw. beta maceration, soaking, G. beize, and E. bite.] An alkaline solution consisting of the dung of certain animals; -- employed in the preparation of hides; grainer. --Knight.
\Bate\, v. t. To steep in bate, as hides, in the manufacture of leather.
See also: beat | check | contain | control | curb | douse | dowse | drench | flap | hold | hold in | moderate | soak | sop | souse |
Related terms: abate, ablate, attenuate, be eaten away, curtail, cut, decline, deduct, die down, dilute, discount, eat away, erode, fall, kick back, mitigate, rub away, sink, taper, taper off, unstrain, write off
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Let's analyse "bate" as pure text. This string has Four letters in One syllable and Two vowels. 50% of vowels is 11.4% more then average English word. Written in backwards: ETAB. Average typing speed for these characters is 1090 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
bate: 1 + 5 = 6, reduced: 6 . and the final result is Six. |
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