bate

Meaning

Verb

1. To reduce the force of something; to abate.
2. To restrain, usually with the sense of being in anticipation
3. To cut off, remove, take away.
4. To leave out, except, bar.
5. To waste away.
6. To deprive of.
7. To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower.
8. To allow by way of abatement or deduction.

Noun

Strife; contention.

Noun

1. An alkaline lye which neutralizes the effect of the previous application of lime, and makes hides supple in the process of tanning.
2. A vat which contains this liquid.

Concepts

bate

moderate

subtract

abate

decrease

lessen

reduce

damp

fury

rage

diminish

minimize

allay

extenuate

mitigate

palliate

qualify

remit

season

temper

tone down

catch

chasten

choke off

contain

control

curb

harness

rein

rein in

restrain

squelch

stay

stifle

obtund

fall away

pall

abridge

ax

axe

deduct

detract

dock

downsize

expense

factor out

hold down

limit

rationalise

rationalize

taper

throttle

trim

trim back

weaken

dwindle

fall off

sink

wane

Pronounced as (IPA)

/beɪt/

Etymology

table
Inherited from Middle English baten (“to abate”), an aphetic form of abaten.