bate
[verb]
Synonyms: abate, die (down or away), ease off, ebb, fall, let up, moderate, slacken, subside, wane, decrease, close, diminish, drain (away), dwindle, lessen, reduce, taper, taper off, exclude, bar, count out, debar, eliminate, except, rule out, suspend

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bate(1) (bāt)
tr.v. bat·ed, bat·ing, bates
► To lessen the force or intensity of; moderate: “To his dying day he bated his breath a little when he told the story” (George Eliot). See Usage Note at bait¹.
► To take away; subtract.

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bate(1)
[Middle English baten, short for abaten. See abate.]

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bate(2) also bait (bāt)
intr.v. bat·ed, also bait·ed bat·ing, bait·ing bates, baits
To flap the wings wildly or frantically. Used of a falcon.

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bate(2)
[Middle English baten, from Old French batre, to beat. See batter¹.]

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