How to pronounce“bate”in English
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Definitions of “bate”
To reduce the force of something; to abate.
“Ah, left ſome Thorn ſhoul'd pierce thy tender Foot, / Or thou ſhoul'dſt fall in flying my purſuit! / To ſharp uneven Ways thy ſteps decline; / Abate thy Speed, and I will bate of mine.”
To restrain, usually with the sense of being in anticipation
“[…] and to his dying day he bated his breath a little when he told the story of the stroke with the willow wand.”
Strife; contention.
“[…] and weares his Boot very ſmooth, like vnto the Signe of the Legge; and breedes no bate with telling of diſcreete stories:”