What is the meaning of Bate?

To reduce the force of something; to abate.

To restrain, usually with the sense of being in anticipation

To cut off, remove, take away.

To leave out, except, bar.

To waste away.

To deprive of.

To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower.

To allow by way of abatement or deduction.

Strife; contention.

To contend or strive with blows or arguments.

Of a falcon: To flap the wings vigorously; to bait.

An alkaline lye which neutralizes the effect of the previous application of lime, and makes hides supple in the process of tanning.

A vat which contains this liquid.

To soak leather so as to remove chemicals used in tanning; to steep in bate.

simple past of beat; = beat.

To masturbate.

bat (club)

male-bodied person who dresses and lives as a woman

civet

swelling

water

gravestone

Alternative form of bot (boat)

Alternative form of baten (to beat)

Alternative form of baten (to abate)

water

singular present subjunctive of baten

dative singular of baat

inflection of bater:

  1. third-person singular present indicative
  2. second-person singular imperative

third-person singular present indicative

second-person singular imperative

vocative singular of batus

inflection of bater:

  1. third-person singular present indicative
  2. second-person singular imperative

third-person singular present indicative

second-person singular imperative

to beat (repeatedly hit for various purposes)

to beat (give a beating)

to defeat

to beat

to blow

to shine

vocative singular of bat

bat

reefer, joint (a marijuana cigarette)

inflection of batir:

  1. third-person singular present indicative
  2. second-person singular imperative

third-person singular present indicative

second-person singular imperative

to fight

Source: wiktionary.org