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Definition of Bate
Bate
Strife; contention.
To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower.
To allow by way of abatement or deduction.
To leave out; to except.
To remove.
To deprive of.
To remit or retrench a part; -- with of.
To waste away.
To attack; to bait.
imp. of Bite.
To flutter as a hawk; to bait.
See 2d Bath.
An alkaline solution consisting of the dung of certain animals; -- employed in the preparation of hides; grainer.
To steep in bate, as hides, in the manufacture of leather.

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