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Definition of bate
bated
;bating
transitive verb
1 : to reduce the force or intensity of : restrain waited with bated breath
2 : to take away : deduct That grave and orderly senior was not going to bate a jot of his dignity … — George Eliot
3 archaic : to lower especially in amount or estimation And I shall have to bate my price … — A. E. Housman
4 archaic : blunt And now I have bated your curiosity … — J. F. Cooper
intransitive verb
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Origin and Etymology of bate
Middle English, short for abaten to abate
bate
Definition of bate
bated
;bating
of a falcon or hawk
intransitive verb
: to attempt to fly off something (such as a gauntlet) in fear
Origin and Etymology of bate
Middle English, from Middle French batre to beat, from Latin battuere
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bated
;bating
: to reduce the force or intensity of … with parted lips and bated breath the audience hung upon his words … — Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer
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