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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bated \Bat"ed\, a. Reduced; lowered; restrained; as to speak with bated breath. --Macaulay. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bated adj 1: held back "we watched the daring feats of the acrobats with bated breath" 2: diminished or moderated; "our bated enthusiasm"; "his bated hopes"
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