bate
bate is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 13 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 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.
- 6.To remit or retrench a part; -- with of. Abate thy speed, and I will bate of mine. Dryden.
- 7.To waste away. [Obs.] Shak.
- 8.To attack; to bait. [Obs.] Spenser.
- 9.of Bite. [Obs.] Spenser.
- 10.To flutter as a hawk; to bait. [Obs.] Bacon.
- 11.See 2d Bath.
- 12.An alkaline solution consisting of the dung of certain animals; -- employed in the preparation of hides; grainer. Knight.
- 13.To steep in bate, as hides, in the manufacture of leather.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abate
- abatement
- abridge
- abridgment
- agio
- allow
- allowance
- and
- anticlimax
- attenuate
- away
- backwardation
- bargain
- below
- business
- coarctation
- concession
- contango
- contract
- contraction
- coupon
- crumble
- decay
- declension
- decline
- decrease
- decreasing
- decrement
- depreciate
- depreciation
- dequantitate
- descend
- descent
- deterioration
- die
- diminish
- diminution
- discount
- double
- down
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is bate.
- What is 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 called?
- What is to allow by way of abatement or deduction. To whom he bates nothing or what he stood upon with the parliament. South called?
- What is to leave out; to except. [Obs.] Bate me the king, and, be he flesh and blood. He lies that says it. Beau. & Fl called?
- What is to remove. [Obs.] About autumn bate the earth from about the roots of olives, and lay them bare. Holland called?
- What is to deprive of. [Obs.] When baseness is exalted, do not bate The place its honor for the person's sake. Herbert called?
- What is to remit or retrench a part; -- with of. Abate thy speed, and I will bate of mine. Dryden called?
- What is to flutter as a hawk; to bait. [Obs.] Bacon called?
- What is an alkaline solution consisting of the dung of certain animals; -- employed in the preparation of hides; grainer. Knight called?
- What is to steep in bate, as hides, in the manufacture of leather called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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