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Bate \Bate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bated}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Bating}.] [From abate.]
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 of 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.


Bating \Bat"ing\, prep. [Strictly p. pr. of {Bate} to abate.]
With the exception of; excepting.

We have little reason to think that they bring many
ideas with them, bating some faint ideas of hunger and
thirst. --Locke.