bating

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bating - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Bate \Bate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bated; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Bating.] [From abate.]
     1. To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to
        abate; to beat down; to lower.
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              He must either bate the laborer's wages, or not
              employ or not pay him.                --Locke.
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     2. To allow by way of abatement or deduction.
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              To whom he bates nothing of what he stood upon with
              the parliament.                       --South.
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     3. To leave out; to except. [Obs.]
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              Bate me the king, and, be he flesh and blood,
              He lies that says it.                 --Beau. & Fl.
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     4. To remove. [Obs.]
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              About autumn bate the earth from about the roots of
              olives, and lay them bare.            --Holland.
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     5. To deprive of. [Obs.]
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              When baseness is exalted, do not bate
              The place its honor for the person's sake.
                                                    --Herbert.
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  Bating \Bat"ing\, prep. [Strictly p. pr. of Bate to abate.]
     With the exception of; excepting.
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           We have little reason to think that they bring many
           ideas with them, bating some faint ideas of hunger and
           thirst.                                  --Locke.
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