imp. of bite.
2. bate ·noun ·see 2d bath.
3. bate ·vt to deprive of.
4. bate ·vi to waste away.
5. bate ·noun strife; contention.
6. bate ·vt to remove.
7. bate ·vi to remit or retrench a part;
with of.
8. bate ·vt to allow by way of abatement or deduction.
9. bate ·vt to leave out; to except.
10. bate ·vi to flutter as a hawk; to bait.
11. bate ·vt to steep in bate, as hides, in the manufacture of leather.
12. bate ·vt to attack; to bait.
13. bate ·noun an alkaline solution consisting of the dung of certain animals;
employed in the preparation of hides; grainer.
14. bate ·vt to lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower.