Bate() imp. of Bite.
Bate(n.) Strife; contention.
Bate(n.) See 2d Bath.
Bate(n.) An alkaline solution consisting of the dung of certain animals; -- employed in the preparation of hides; grainer.
Bate(v. i.) To flutter as a hawk; to bait.
Bate(v. i.) To remit or retrench a part; -- with of.
Bate(v. i.) To waste away.
Bate(v. t.) To attack; to bait.
Bate(v. t.) To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower.
Bate(v. t.) To allow by way of abatement or deduction.
Bate(v. t.) To leave out; to except.
Bate(v. t.) To remove.
Bate(v. t.) To deprive of.
Bate(v. t.) To steep in bate, as hides, in the manufacture of leather.
Bated(a.) Reduced; lowered; restrained; as, to speak with bated breath.
Bated(imp. & p. p.) of Bate
Bateful(a.) Exciting contention; contentious.
Bating(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bate
Bating(prep.) With the exception of; excepting.

Words within bates