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
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