Definition of bate

• n. - Strife; contention.
• v. t. - To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower.
• v. t. - To allow by way of abatement or deduction.
• v. t. - To leave out; to except.
• v. t. - To remove.
• v. t. - To deprive of.
• v. i. - To remit or retrench a part; -- with of.
• v. i. - To waste away.
• v. t. - To attack; to bait.
• - imp. of Bite.
• v. i. - To flutter as a hawk; to bait.
• n. - See 2d Bath.
• n. - An alkaline solution consisting of the dung of certain animals; -- employed in the preparation of hides; grainer.
• v. t. - To steep in bate, as hides, in the manufacture of leather.
• n. - Strife; contention.
• v. t. - To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower.
• v. t. - To allow by way of abatement or deduction.
• v. t. - To leave out; to except.
• v. t. - To remove.
• v. t. - To deprive of.
• v. i. - To remit or retrench a part; -- with of.
• v. i. - To waste away.
• v. t. - To attack; to bait.
• - imp. of Bite.
• v. i. - To flutter as a hawk; to bait.
• n. - See 2d Bath.
• n. - An alkaline solution consisting of the dung of certain animals; -- employed in the preparation of hides; grainer.
• v. t. - To steep in bate, as hides, in the manufacture of leather.