BATE
- to moderate or restrain
- to lessen or diminish; abate
- to diminish or subside; abate
- (of a hawk) to flutter its wings and attempt to escape in a fit of anger or fear
- state of violent anger or fear
- to soak (leather) after liming in an alkaline solution to soften it and remove the lime
- the solution used
- to reduce the force or intensity of restrain with bated breath
- take away deduct
- lower especially in amount or estimation
- minish decrease
- to reduce the force of [v BATED, BATES, BATING]
- to diminish, also BAYT [v BATED, BATING, BATES]
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