bate
pronunciation
How to pronounce bate in British English:
UK [beɪt]
How to pronounce bate in American English:
US [beɪt]
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- Verb:
- moderate or restrain; lessen the force of
- flap the wings wildly or frantically; used of falcons
- soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments
Word Origin
- bate (v.1)
- "to reduce, to lessen in intensity," c. 1300, shortening of abate (q.v.). Now only in phrase bated breath, which was used by Shakespeare in "The Merchant of Venice" (1596).
- bate (v.2)
- c. 1300, "to contend with blows or arguments," from Old French batre "to hit, beat, strike," from Late Latin battere, from Latin batuere "to beat, knock" (see batter (v.)). In falconry, "to beat the wings impatiently and flutter away from the perch." Figurative sense of "to flutter downward" attested from 1580s.
Example
- 1. Girl bate : talk nonsense again my crumb your egg .
- 2. The hand listened bate , should combine numerous place expeditionary genu .
- 3. Driver also bate : I see your his mom draw out money from where !
- 4. Hades father bate : how doesn 't gallinaceous chicken keep good faith ?
- 5. Roger bate of the american enterprise institute , a think-tank in washington , dc , cautions that any such estimates should be treated with care .