bate

verb (1)

\ ˈbāt

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bated; bating

Definition of bate

(Entry 1 of 2)

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

obsolete : diminish, decrease The wind is bating.

bate

verb (2)

bated; bating

Definition of bate (Entry 2 of 2)

intransitive verb

of a falcon or hawk

: to attempt to fly off something (such as a gauntlet) in fear

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More Definitions for bate

bate

verb

\ ˈbāt

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bated; bating

Kids Definition of bate

: 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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