† baten.1
Obsolete.
1.
a. Contention, strife, discord.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > dissent > [noun]
unsibeOE
unsaughta1122
un-i-sibc1275
conteckc1290
discordingc1325
distancec1325
discordance1340
dissensionc1384
batea1400
discordc1425
variancec1425
variationc1485
disgreement?1504
distinction1520
factiona1538
jar1546
variety1546
disagreeance1548
disagreeing1548
disagreement1548
misliking1564
odds1567
mislikea1586
discordancy1587
disagree1589
distancy1595
dissent1596
dislike1598
secting1598
dichostasy1606
fraction1609
dissentation1623
ill blood1624
misintelligence1632
clashing1642
misunderstanding1642
discomposure1659
disjointinga1715
uneasiness1744
friction1760
misunderstand1819
unharmony1866
inharmony1867
trouble at (the or t') mill1967
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 9684 Bituix mi sisteris es þe bate [Vesp. debat].
a1400 Cov. Myst. (1841) 12 Cryst that lovyd not stryff nor bat.
1569 E. Spenser tr. J. du Bellay Sonets in T. Roest tr. J. van der Noot Theatre Worldlings sig. Cviv Ciuile bate Made me the spoile and bootie of the world.
1690 T. Shadewell Amorous Bigotte i. i I'll breed no bate nor division between young people.
b. at (the) bate: at strife, contending, fighting.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > contending [phrase]
to set at war1487
at (the) batea1500
in wars?1573
at wars1614
upon a tug1681
a1500 Early Eng. Misc. (1855) 64 Thowth men be now at the batte, They may be frendys anodyre day.
1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure xx. v Was never man yet surely at the bayte Wyth Sapyence, but that he dyd repent.
1623 Sir J. Stradling in E. Farr Sel. Poetry Reign James I (1848) 233 A man within himself may be at bate.
2. With the following cf. bait n.1 III., bate v.1 2.
ΚΠ
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1461 Þen, brayn-wod for bate, on burneȝ he [the boar] raseȝ.
1661 O. Felltham Resolves (rev. ed.) 200 The Bates and Flutterings of a Conscience within.
Compounds
bate-breeding adj.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > dissent > [adjective] > causing or desiring dissension
bate-making1533
makebatea1577
bate-breeding1594
firebrand1609
diversivolent1612
mischief-making1693
weaponized1988
1594 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis (new ed.) sig. Eijv This sower informer, this bate-breeding spie.
bate-maker n.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > dissent > [noun] > causing dissension > one who
sower1380
firebranda1382
barratorc1430
makebate1529
bate-makera1564
mischief-master1567
boutefeu?1584
make-debate1588
breed-bate1593
kindle-fire1595
brew-bate1602
brand1608
fling-brand1616
make-strife1617
mischief-monger1620
blow-coal1622
kindle-coal1630
fire spirit1647
mischief-maker1675
mischief-doer1822
mixer1938
a1564 T. Becon Acts Christ & Antichrist (1844) 517 Antichrist is our disturber, bate-maker and destroyer.
1646 Vox Populi Pref. And our Peace-preachers turnes our Bate-makers.
bate-making adj.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > dissent > [adjective] > causing or desiring dissension
bate-making1533
makebatea1577
bate-breeding1594
firebrand1609
diversivolent1612
mischief-making1693
weaponized1988
1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance i. xiv. f. xcv His bate makynge boke.
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baten.2
/beɪt/, U.S. /beɪt/ Obsolete or dialect.† 1. Depression, lowering. Obsolete.† 3. That which is deducted or remains over. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > lack of height > [noun] > making or becoming low
bate1686
1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica i. iii. 9 The difformity of the parts of the Earth..of Hault or Bate.
2. Deduction, diminution, abatement: cf. abate n. 3.‘Still in north. dial., esp. in comb.’ ( N.E.D.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun]
waningc900
littlingOE
lessingc1350
abating1370
diminutionc1374
minishinga1382
decrease1383
remissiona1398
shrinkinga1398
decreasing1398
adminishing?c1400
abbreviation?a1425
lessening?a1425
minoration?a1425
disincrease1430
abatement1433
restrictiona1450
batea1475
diminuation1477
limitation1483
abate1486
minute1495
minishment1533
mitigation1533
diminishinga1535
extenuation1542
slacking1542
reduce1549
diminishment1551
perditionc1555
debatementa1563
rebatement1573
obstriction1578
imminution1583
contracting1585
contraction1589
rabate1589
rebating1598
retrenchmentc1600
decession1606
ravalling1609
reducement1619
decrement1621
bating1629
shrivellinga1631
decretion1635
dejection1652
abater1653
rolling back1658
limiting1677
batement1679
reduction1695
depression1793
downdraw1813
descent1832
decess1854
lowering1868
shrinkage1873
dégringolade1883
minification1894
degrowth1920
downrating1950
a1475 Bp. Grossetest's Househ. Stat. (Sloane 1986) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 329 With-oute bate or betyng, be hit distribute..to powre men.
1845 B. Disraeli Sybil I. ii. ix. 198 You're never paid wages, but there's a bate ticket.
1851 G. C. Greenwell Gloss. Terms Coal Trade (ed. 2) Batework, short work.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > deduction > [noun] > that which is deducted
deduction1546
discount1622
defease1630
bate1800
subtractive1817
minus1876
offtake1892
1800 Ann. Reg. 1798 (Otridge ed.) Chron. 34/2 The bate, or surplus of the chain, remained suspended.
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† baten.3
Obsolete. rare.
= bath n.3
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > liquid measure of capacity > specific units of liquid measure > Hebrew units
hin1382
batha1398
log1530
bate1548
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke xvi. f. 6 An hundred bates of oyle.
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baten.4
/beɪt/, U.S. /beɪt/ Obsolete except in northern dialect.
The grain of wood or stone.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > constitution of matter > other specific kinds of texture > [noun] > grain of wood, stone, or metal
graina1641
bate1664
1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. iii. 159 Finding the grain and bait of the stone to lye fit for their Tranation.
a1705 J. Ray Three Physico-theol. Disc. (1713) ii. v. 231 The Bate or Texture of the Wood.
1747 W. Arderon in Philos. Trans. 1746 (Royal Soc.) 44 185 I sawed seven Pieces cross the Bate or Grain.
1879 Jamieson's Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (new ed.) Bait, the grain of wood or stone. Aberd.
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baten.5
/beɪt/, U.S. /beɪt/ Tanning.
An alkaline lye which neutralizes the effect of the previous application of lime, and makes the hides supple; a vat containing it; the process of steeping in it.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > vegetable extracts or preparations > [noun]
bate1804
society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for working with skins or leather > [noun] > for removing flesh or hair > vat of lime solution
bate1804
lime1885
society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with skins > [noun] > other preparation processes
whittawing1566
liming1688
staking1852
grainering1857
bate1875
buffinga1884
1804 Hull Advertiser 30 June 2/3 A Tan-Yard, containing..Securing-tubs, and Bates.
1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) III. 89 The bate consists in steeping the haired hides in a solution of pigeons' dung.
1879 Jamieson's Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (new ed.) Bait, the ley in which skins are put.
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batev.1
/beɪt/, U.S. /beɪt/ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > contend [verb (intransitive)]
winc888
fightc900
flitec900
wraxlec1000
wrestlea1200
cockc1225
conteckc1290
strivec1290
struta1300
topc1305
to have, hold, make, take strifec1374
stightlea1375
debatec1386
batea1400
strugglec1412
hurlc1440
ruffle1440
warc1460
warslea1500
pingle?a1513
contend1529
repugn1529
scruggle1530
sturtc1535
tuga1550
broilc1567
threap1572
yoke1581
bustle1585
bandy1594
tilt1595
combat1597
to go (also shake, try, wrestle) a fall1597
mutiny1597
militate1598
combatizec1600
scuffle1601
to run (or ride) a-tilt1608
wage1608
contesta1618
stickle1625
conflict1628
stickle1647
dispute1656
fence1665
contrast1672
scramble1696
to battle it1715
rug1832
grabble1835
buffet1839
tussle1862
pickeer1892
passage1895
tangle1928
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 5913 And for he wil þus bate [Trin. Cambr. debate] on me, I sal him drenkil in þe se.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 26/2 Batyn, or make debate, Iurgor.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy xiv. 5914 Durst no buerne on hym bate for his bold dedis.
2.
a. Falconry. To beat the wings impatiently and flutter away from the fist or perch. (French se battre: cf. abate v.3)
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > birds > flight > [verb (intransitive)] > flap or flutter
fluttera1000
flickerc1000
bate1398
fanc1400
flackerc1400
abatea1475
flack1567
bat1614
beata1616
flusker1660
flop1692
flap1776
flick1853
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) xii. iii. 412 That she bate not to ofte fro his honde.
1486 Bk. St. Alban's, Hawking A vj Holde faste at all timys and specially whan she batith.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iv. i. 182 These Kites, That baite, and beate, and will not be obedient. View more context for this quotation
1631 J. Mabbe tr. F. de Rojas Spanish Bawd i. 3 The Gyrfalcon bated, and I came in to set him on the pearch.
1828 J. S. Sebright Observ. Hawking (new ed.) 14 In the field the hood prevents them from baiting.
1828 J. S. Sebright Observ. Hawking (new ed.) 48 Which assists the hawk in regaining the perch when he has baited off.
b. figurative. To flutter, struggle; to be restless or impatient. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > impatience > be impatient [verb (intransitive)]
to think longc1300
one's fingers are all thumbs1546
bate1599
to sit upon hot cockles1607
to be upon the nettle (also in a nettle)1723
to champ at (also on) the bit1832
to chafe at the bit1873
1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iii. ii. 14 Come ciuill night..Hood my vnmand bloud bayting in my cheekes. View more context for this quotation
1673 J. Dryden Assignation i. i. 8 You are eager, and Baiting to be gone.
a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) iii. 97 It's now somewhat late to bait after things before us.
c. with some sense of bate v.2 combined: To flutter downwards. Also to bate the wings.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > move downwards [verb (intransitive)] > flutter down
bate1590
1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late ii. sig. Gv I haue soared with the Hobby, I shall bate with the Bunting.
1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 3 Till the Soule by this meanes of over-bodying her selfe..bated her wing apace downeward.
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batev.2
/beɪt/, U.S. /beɪt/ a. transitive. To beat down or away; figurative to put an end to. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)] > cause to cease or put a stop to
astintc700
stathea1200
atstuntc1220
to put an end toa1300
to set end ofa1300
batec1300
stanch1338
stinta1350
to put awayc1350
arrestc1374
finisha1375
terminec1390
achievea1393
cease1393
removec1405
terminate?a1425
stop1426
surceasec1435
resta1450
discontinue1474
adetermine1483
blina1500
stay1525
abrogatea1529
suppressa1538
to set in or at stay1538
to make stay of1572
depart1579
check1581
intercept1581
to give a stop toa1586
dirempt1587
date1589
period1595
astayc1600
nip1600
to break off1607
snape1631
sist1635
to make (a) stop of1638
supersede1643
assopiatea1649
periodizea1657
unbusya1657
to put a stop to1679
to give the holla to1681
to run down1697
cessate1701
end1737
to choke off1818
stopper1821
punctuate1825
to put a stopper on1828
to take off ——1845
still1850
to put the lid on1873
on the fritz1900
to close down1903
to put the fritz on something1910
to put the bee on1918
switch1921
to blow the whistle on1934
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > bring to ruin or put an end to
undoc950
shendOE
forfarea1000
endc1000
to do awayOE
aquenchc1175
slayc1175
slayc1175
stathea1200
tinea1300
to-spilla1300
batec1300
bleschea1325
honisha1325
leesea1325
wastec1325
stanch1338
corrumpa1340
destroy1340
to put awayc1350
dissolvec1374
supplanta1382
to-shend1382
aneantizec1384
avoidc1384
to put outa1398
beshenda1400
swelta1400
amortizec1405
distract1413
consumec1425
shelfc1425
abroge1427
downthringc1430
kill1435
poisonc1450
defeat1474
perish1509
to blow away1523
abrogatea1529
to prick (also turn, pitch) over the perka1529
dash?1529
to bring (also send) to (the) pot1531
put in the pot1531
wipea1538
extermine1539
fatec1540
peppera1550
disappoint1563
to put (also set) beside the saddle1563
to cut the throat of1565
to throw (also turn, etc.) over the perch1568
to make a hand of (also on, with)1569
demolish1570
to break the neck of1576
to make shipwreck of1577
spoil1578
to knock on (in) the head (also rarely at head)1579
cipher1589
ruinate1590
to cut off by the shins1592
shipwreck1599
exterminate1605
finish1611
damnify1612
ravel1614
braina1616
stagger1629
unrivet1630
consummate1634
pulverizea1640
baffle1649
devil1652
to blow up1660
feague1668
shatter1683
cook1708
to die away1748
to prove fatal (to)1759
to knock up1764
to knock (or kick) the hindsight out or off1834
to put the kibosh on1834
to cook (rarely do) one's goose1835
kibosh1841
to chaw up1843
cooper1851
to jack up1870
scuttle1888
to bugger up1891
jigger1895
torpedo1895
on the fritz1900
to put paid to1901
rot1908
down and out1916
scuppera1918
to put the skids under1918
stonker1919
liquidate1924
to screw up1933
cruel1934
to dig the grave of1934
pox1935
blow1936
to hit for six1937
to piss up1937
to dust off1938
zap1976
the world > movement > impact > striking > beating or repeated striking > beat [verb (transitive)] > beat down or away
to beat downc1540
bate1601
c1300 K. Alis. 7496 Thow batest wrong, and hauntest ryght.
1330 R. Mannyng Chron. 87 Bated was þe strife.
1330 R. Mannyng Chron. 338 And bate alle oþer outrage.
c1430 Hymns to Virg. (1867) 57 Þe deuelis boost þus gan he bate.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 521 Bate the earth from about the roots of Oliues.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)] > specifically of things, actions, or processes
restOE
leathc1275
stintc1275
slakea1300
ceasec1374
slocka1400
batec1400
lissec1400
stanchc1420
surcease1439
remain1480
stopa1529
break1530
decease1538
falla1555
to shut up1609
subside1654
drop1697
low1790
to go out1850
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 440 Þe rayn..batede as fast.
2. † b. to bate of, from: to bring down or remove from; to deprive of. Obsolete.† c. intransitive. To become dejected or depressed. Obsolete.
a. transitive. To lower, let down; figurative to cast down, humble, depress, deject. (With quot. 1834 cf. 6.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > make dejected [verb (transitive)]
drearya1300
discomfortc1325
batec1380
to cast downa1382
to throw downa1382
dullc1386
faintc1386
discomfita1425
discourage1436
sinkc1440
mischeera1450
discheerc1454
amatea1500
bedowa1522
damp1548
quail1548
dash1550
exanimate1552
afflict1561
dank1565
disanimate1565
sadden1565
languish1566
deject1581
dumpc1585
unheart1593
mope1596
chill1597
sour1600
disgallant1601
disheart1603
dishearten1606
fainten1620
depress1624
sullen1628
tristitiate1628
disliven1631
dampen1633
weigh1640
out-spirit1643
dispirit1647
flat1649
funeralize1654
hearta1658
disencourage1659
attrist1680
flatten1683
dismalizec1735
blue-devil1812
out-heart1845
downweigh1851
to get down1861
frigidize1868
languor1891
downcast1914
neg1987
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > lower or let down
abeyOE
fellOE
to let down1154
lowc1330
vailc1330
revalec1475
to let fallc1500
bate1530
stoop1530
down1595
fall1595
embase1605
dismount1609
lower1626
sink1632
prostratea1718
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 749 Ȝut stod he strong & stif..& ne batedede noȝt is mod.
?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. liiii Might bere it, though he lost, and bate nat his countenance.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 443/1 I bayte myne eares (Lydgate), I applye them to herken a thynge, Je embats.
1834 S. Rogers Inscript. Strathfieldsaye On he went, Bating nor heart, nor hope.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > loss > taking away > take away [verb (transitive)] > deprive (of)
benimc890
to do of ——eOE
bedealc1000
disturbc1230
bereavec1275
reave?a1300
acquitc1300
benemec1300
deprivec1330
privea1382
subvertc1384
oppressc1395
abridgea1400
to bate of, from1399
lessa1400
nakena1400
dischargea1425
privatec1425
to bring outa1450
abatec1450
sever?1507
spulyie?1507
denude1513
disable1529
distrain1530
destituec1540
destitutec1540
defalk1541
to turn out of ——1545
discomfit1548
wipe1549
nude1551
disannul?a1556
bereft1557
diminish1559
benoom1563
joint1573
uncase1583
rid1585
disarm1590
visitc1592
ease1600
dispatch1604
unfurnisha1616
rig1629
retrench1640
unbecomea1641
disentail1641
cashier1690
twin1722
mulct1748
fordo1764
to do out of ——1796
to cut out1815
bate1823
deprivate1832
devoid1878
1399 W. Langland Richard Redeles ii. 13 Ffor mowtynge..bawtid ȝoure bestis of here bolde chere.
1642 D. Rogers Naaman 869 Who will baite their children and servants from their diligence.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > be or become dejected [verb (intransitive)]
heavyOE
fallOE
droopena1225
lourc1290
droopc1330
to abate one's countenance (also cheer)a1350
dullc1374
fainta1375
languora1375
languisha1382
afflicta1393
gloppen?a1400
weary1434
appalc1450
to have one's heart in one's boots (also shoes, heels, hose, etc.)c1450
peak1580
dumpc1585
mopea1592
sink1603
bate1607
deject1644
despond1655
alamort?1705
sadden1718
dismal1780
munge1790
mug1828
to get one's tail down1853
to have (also get) the pip1881
shadow1888
to have (one's) ass in a sling1960
1607 T. Middleton Revengers Trag. ii. sig. D2v I bate in courage now.
1678 J. Dryden Dram. Wks. IV. 192 His Heroe..Bates of his Mettle; and scarce Rants at all.
3. transitive. To beat back or blunt the edge of. literal and figurative. (Perhaps in figurative use combined with some idea of bait v. II., as if ‘to satisfy the hunger of.’)
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > shape > bluntness > make blunt [verb (transitive)]
blunta1398
dullc1440
rebate1468
obtusec1487
bate1535
abate1548
turn1560
unedgea1625
retund1691
dead1719
the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > make emotionally unfeeling [verb (transitive)] > deaden or dull the emotions
stupefy?a1425
dullc1440
benumbc1485
slumber?1533
extinguish1540
extinct1542
numb1561
damp1570
hebetate1574
daunt1581
frostbite1593
hebete1597
blunt1600
unedgea1625
engross1626
astonish1635
consopite1647
bate1649
opiate1650
blura1653
hebescate1657
torpefy1808
dozena1810
dullify1838
hebetize1845
chloroform1849
narcotize1852
sodden1863
vastate1892
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Jer. xlvi. 10 The swearde shal deuoure, it shal be satisfied and bated [1611 made drunke] in their bloude.
1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost i. i. 6 Which shall bate his sythes keene edge. View more context for this quotation
1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar iii. xv. 85 Caiaphas..to baite his envy, was furiously determined Jesus should die.
1827 J. F. Cooper Prairie I. iii. 43 And now I have bated your curiosity.
a. transitive. To lower in amount, weight, estimation, to reduce. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > reduce in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (transitive)]
littleeOE
anitherOE
wanzelOE
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to take down1610
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shrink1628
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persway1631
unflame1635
straiten1645
depress1647
reduce1649
detract1654
minuate1657
alloy1661
lower?1662
sinka1684
retreat1690
nip1785
to drive down1840
minify1866
to knock down1867
to damp down1869
scale1887
mute1891
clip1938
to roll back1942
to cut back1943
downscale1945
downrate1958
slim1963
downshift1972
c1460 in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1859) II. 286 Theyre..wages be batyd.
1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iii. iii. 32 These griefes and losses haue so bated me. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iii. iii. 26 Who bates mine Honor, shall not know my Coyne. View more context for this quotation
1691 J. Locke Money in Wks. (1727) II. 34 He must bate the Labourer's Wages.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > decrease in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (intransitive)]
littleOE
setc1000
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lessc1225
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wane1297
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abate1560
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to run off1816
to go down1823
attenuatea1834
ease1876
downscale1945
a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) xcviii. 42 How that my welth doth bate.
1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. iii. 2 Do I not bate? do I not dwindle? View more context for this quotation
5.
a. transitive. To lessen in force or intensity; to mitigate, moderate, assuage, diminish. Now chiefly in to bate one's breath: to restrain one's breathing, and make it soft and gentle.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > make less violent or severe [verb (transitive)]
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abate?c1335
settle1338
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bate1398
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relax1612
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alloy1634
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mitify1656
meeken1662
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slacken1685
chastise1704
dulcify1744
absorb1791
demulceate1817
chasten1856
modulate1974
mediate1987
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) xiii. xxi. 452 Takyth fro us the beemes of the sonne and batyth heete therof.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 10942 And dow þai þar-fore murnand were, þai batid it mekil wid þair chere.
1646 R. Crashaw Steps to Temple 112 With some dareing drugg, Baite thy disease.
a1657 G. Daniel Idyllia in Poems (1878) IV. v. 105 Let's sift the World; and bate yt Proverbe's force.
1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede (ed. 4) I. i. iv. 68 To his dying day he bated his breath a little when he told the story.
b. intransitive. To fall off in force or intensity. (Cf. 6.)
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > become less violent or severe [verb (intransitive)] > lose vigour or intensity
swindOE
wane1297
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keelc1325
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abatea1387
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to go off1642
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entame1768
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sletch1847
slow1849
languish1855
bate1860
to slow up1861
to slow down1879
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. §3. 29 His cheerfulness and energy did not bate a jot.
6.
a. transitive. To strike off or take away (a part of); to deduct, subtract.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > deduction > deduct [verb (transitive)]
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diminish?1504
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to strike off1597
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dock1891
shave1961
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c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 26/2 Batyn or abaten of weyte or mesure, subtraho.
1543 R. Record Ground of Artes 120 b Then 8..from 3 cannot be, therefore do they bate it from a hygher roume.
1602 W. S. True Chron. Hist. Ld. Cromwell sig. B4v I will not bate a penie.
1720 J. Ozell et al. tr. R. A. de Vertot Hist. Revol. Rom. Republic I. iv. 202 Neither of the Parties wou'd bate any thing of its Pretensions.
1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. I. iv. vii. 257 I'd not bate one nail's breadth of the honest truth.
b. with object (originally dative) of the person, etc.
ΚΠ
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 Epil. 14 Bate me some, and I will pay you some. View more context for this quotation
1633 G. Herbert Temple: Sacred Poems 10 Do not bate The place its honour.
1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 488. ¶2 They offered..to 'bate him the Article of Bread and Butter in the Tea Table Account.
1867 F. Parkman Jesuits in N. Amer. viii. 91 Brébeuf would bate them nothing.
c. elliptical. To deprive (a person) of; also dialect to deduct part of the wages of.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > loss > taking away > take away [verb (transitive)] > deprive (of)
benimc890
to do of ——eOE
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to do out of ——1796
to cut out1815
bate1823
deprivate1832
devoid1878
society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [verb (transitive)] > make a deduction from
dock1822
bate1855
1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XIII xcviii. 104 Must let slip no occasion, Nor bate (abate) their hearers of an inch.
1855 E. C. Gaskell North & South I. xvii. 208 Their business [being] to bate us down to clemming point.
1865 J. Harland Lancs. Lyrics 242 He winna' ‘bate’ me when He sees Aw 've done as weel 's aw could. Aw 'se get my wage.
d. to bate an ace: see ace n.1 2b bate me an ace, quoth Bolton: an obsolete expression of incredulity.
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a1566 R. Edwards Damon & Pithias (1571) sig. Fiijv Nay, ther bate an ace (quod Boulon).
a1640 J. Day & H. Chettle Blind-beggar (1659) sig. K1 Bate me an ace of that qd. Bolton.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being exclusive > exclude [verb (transitive)] > except
to take outc1175
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outcepta1470
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to put by1594
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bate1619
rescinda1687
to tell out1812
to tell out of ——1812
exception1845
1619 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Maides Trag. i. sig. B4v Bate me the King..A lies that sayes it.
1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs 183 For, bate reward, who will at vertue aime?
1679 J. Dryden & N. Lee Oedipus iii. 46 Bate but his years, You are his picture.
1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub vii. 143 If you will bate him but the Circumstances of Method, and Style.
a. to make an abatement or deduction from, or lessening of. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > deduction > deduct [verb (transitive)] > make or allow a deduction of or from
letc1200
allow?1574
to bate of1629
1629 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. (ed. 5) vi. sig. C1 A good conceit or two bates of such a man, and makes a sensible weakning in him.
1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes iii. iv. 42 in Wks. II And yet not pay the vse; Bate of the vse? I am mad with this times manners.
1641 R. Carpenter Experience, Hist., & Divinitie ii. vii. 179 The dearest friends would bate of their love.
b. to be deficient in.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > non-possession > not have [verb (transitive)] > lack
wantc1175
missa1300
tharnc1300
to fail of1307
lackc1320
fault1377
failc1380
wanea1400
defaultc1425
to want ofc1425
walter1463
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to defail of1556
to want for1560
scant1565
inlaik1568
impaira1626
to bate of1633
1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (ii. 2) 421 Suppose the example bates of multitude, and is supplied with magnitude.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
batev.3
/beɪt/, U.S. /beɪt/ Tanning.
To steep in bate: see bate n.5
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with skins > work with skins [verb (transitive)] > steep hides
lime1561
sumac1792
master1841
pure1842
bate1875
1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) III. 89 The liming and bating, or the unhairing and cleansing.
1879 Jamieson's Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (new ed.) Bait, to steep skins in a ley made of hens' or pigeons' dung, for the purpose of reducing them to a proper softness.
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