BATES
- 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
- BATE, to reduce the force of [v]
- BATE, to diminish, also BAYT [v]