Meaning 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.