Bate \Bate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bated; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Bating.] [From abate.]
   1. To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to
      abate; to beat down; to lower.
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            He must either bate the laborer's wages, or not
            employ or not pay him.                --Locke.
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   2. To allow by way of abatement or deduction.
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            To whom he bates nothing of what he stood upon with
            the parliament.                       --South.
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   3. To leave out; to except. [Obs.]
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            Bate me the king, and, be he flesh and blood,
            He lies that says it.                 --Beau. & Fl.
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   4. To remove. [Obs.]
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            About autumn bate the earth from about the roots of
            olives, and lay them bare.            --Holland.
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   5. To deprive of. [Obs.]
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            When baseness is exalted, do not bate
            The place its honor for the person's sake.
                                                  --Herbert.
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Bating \Bat"ing\, prep. [Strictly p. pr. of Bate to abate.]
   With the exception of; excepting.
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         We have little reason to think that they bring many
         ideas with them, bating some faint ideas of hunger and
         thirst.                                  --Locke.
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