bate

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See also: baté, bâté, bâte, and bäte

English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Aphetic from abate.

Verb[edit]

bate (third-person singular simple present bates, present participle bating, simple past and past participle bated)

  1. (transitive) To reduce the force of something; to abate.
    • Dryden
      Abate thy speed, and I will bate of mine.
  2. (transitive) To restrain, usually with the sense of being in anticipation; as, with bated breath.
  3. (transitive, sometimes figuratively) To cut off, remove, take away.
    • circa 1658, Dr. Henry More, Government of the Tongue:
      He will not bate an ace of absolute certainty.
    • Holland
      About autumn bate the earth from about the roots of olives, and lay them bare.
  4. (archaic, transitive) To leave out, except, bar.
    • 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 2, scene 1:
      (Sebastian) "Bate, I beseech you, widow Dido."
    • Beaumont and Fletcher
      Bate me the king, and, be he flesh and blood, / He lies that says it.
  5. To waste away.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
  6. To deprive of.
    • Herbert
      When baseness is exalted, do not bate / The place its honour for the person's sake.
  7. To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower.
    • John Locke
      He must either bate the labourer's wages, or not employ or not pay him.
  8. To allow by way of abatement or deduction.
    • South
      to whom he bates nothing or what he stood upon with the parliament
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References[edit]

  • 1897 Universal Dictionary of the English Language, Robert Hunter and Charles Morris (editors), volume 1, page 459.

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

bate (uncountable)

  1. Strife; contention.
    • 1598, William Shakespeare, King Henry IV, Part 2:
      ... and wears his boots very smooth, like unto the sign of the leg, and breeds no bate with telling of discreet stories;
    • 1888, Sir Richard Burton, The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night (Arabian Nights)
      So the strife redoubled and the weapons together clashed and ceased not bate and debate and naught was to be seen but blood flowing and necks bowing; […]
    • 1911, H.G. Wells, The New Machiavelli:
      The other merely needs jealousy and bate, of which there are great and easily accessible reservoirs in every human heart.
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Verb[edit]

bate (third-person singular simple present bates, present participle bating, simple past and past participle bated)

  1. (intransitive) To contend or strive with blows or arguments.
  2. (intransitive, falconry) Of a falcon: To flap the wings vigorously; to bait.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)
Translations[edit]

See also[edit]

  • (to contend or strive with blows or arguments): bait.

Etymology 3[edit]

From Swedish beta (“maceration, tanning”)

Noun[edit]

bate (plural bates)

  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.
Translations[edit]

Verb[edit]

bate (third-person singular simple present bates, present participle bating, simple past and past participle bated)

  1. (transitive) To soak leather so as to remove chemicals used in tanning; to steep in bate.
  2. (intransitive, slang) To masturbate.
Translations[edit]
masturbate — see masturbate

References[edit]

  • 1897 Universal Dictionary of the English Language, Robert Hunter and Charles Morris (editors), volume 1, page 459.

Etymology 4[edit]

Formed by analogy with eat → ate, with which it shares an analogous past participle (eaten → beaten).

Verb[edit]

bate

  1. (nonstandard) Simple past tense of beat.; = beat.
Translations[edit]
simple past of beat — see beat

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Asturian[edit]

Noun[edit]

bate m (plural bates)

  1. bat (club)

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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bate

  1. singular present subjunctive of baten

Noun[edit]

bate

  1. (archaic) Dative singular form of baat

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Latin[edit]

Noun[edit]

bate

  1. vocative singular of batus

Portuguese[edit]

Verb[edit]

bate

  1. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present indicative of bater
  2. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of bater

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin battere, battuere, present active infinitive of battō, battuō (“beat”).

Verb[edit]

a bate (third-person singular present bate, past participle bătut) 3rd conj.

  1. to beat
  2. to defeat
  3. to strike, hit, punch

Conjugation[edit]

    bate (Third conjugation)
infinitive a bate
gerund bătând
past participle bătut
number singular plural
person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present bat bați bate batem bateți bat
imperfect băteam băteai bătea băteam băteați băteau
simple perfect bătui bătuși bătu băturăm băturăți bătură
pluperfect bătusem bătuseși bătuse bătuserăm bătuserăți bătuseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să bat să bați să bată să batem să bateți să bată
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative bate bateți
negative nu bate nu bateți

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Spanish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From English bat.

Noun[edit]

bate m (plural bates)

  1. (sports) bat

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

bate m (plural bates)

  1. (Honduras, slang) reefer, joint (a marijuana cigarette).
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Etymology 3[edit]

Verb[edit]

bate

  1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of batir.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of batir.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of batir.

Walloon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French batre, from Late Latin battō, battere, alternative form of Latin battuō, battuere (“beat, pound; fight”).

Verb[edit]

bate

  1. (pronominal) to fight
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