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Audio Help [beyt] Pronunciation Key verb, bat·ed, bat·ing.

–verb (used with object)

1.	to moderate or restrain: unable to bate our enthusiasm.

2.	to lessen or diminish; abate: setbacks that bated his hopes.

–verb (used without object)

3.	to diminish or subside; abate.

—Idiom

4.	with bated breath, with breath drawn in or held because of anticipation or suspense: We watched with bated breath as the runners approached the finish line.

[Origin: 1250–1300; ME, aph. var. of abate

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bate2

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–verb (used without object)

1.	(of a hawk) to flutter its wings and attempt to escape in a fit of anger or fear.

–noun

2.	a state of violent anger or fear.

[Origin: 1250–1300; ME baten to beat, flap (wings, etc.) < MF (se) batre ≪ L battuere to beat; cf. abate

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bate3

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–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)

1.	Tanning. to soak (leather) after liming in an alkaline solution to soften it and remove the lime.

–noun

2.	the solution used.

[Origin: 1870–75; var. of beat to pare off turf, OE bǣtan to bait; c. Sw beta to tan, G beissen to macerate

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bate¹ Audio Help (bāt) Pronunciation Key
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.

[Middle English baten, short for abaten; see abate.]

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bate² also bait Audio Help (bāt) Pronunciation Key
intr.v. bat·ed also bait·ed, bat·ing also bait·ing, bates also baits
To flap the wings wildly or frantically. Used of a falcon.

[Middle English baten, from Old French batre, to beat; see batter¹.]

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bated
adjective
diminished or moderated; "our bated enthusiasm"; "his bated hopes"

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bated [ˈbeitid]

breathing only slightly, due to anxiety, excitement etc
Example: The crowd watched the rescue of the child with bated breath.

Arabic:	أنْفاسٌ مَقْطوعَه
Chinese (Simplified):	屏息地
Chinese (Traditional):	屏息地
Czech:	se zatajeným dechem
Danish:	åndeløst
Dutch:	ingehouden
Estonian:	hinge (kinni) pidades
Finnish:	henkeä pidättäen
French:	en retenant son souffle
German:	angehalten
Greek:	με κομμένη την ανάσα
Hungarian:	lélegzetvisszafojtva
Icelandic:	með öndina í hálsinum
Indonesian:	tertahan
Italian:	trattenuto

Japanese:	息を殺して
Latvian:	elpu aizturējis
Lithuanian:	užgniaužus kvapą
Norwegian:	åndeløst
Polish:	z zapartym tchem
Portuguese (Brazil):	com respiração suspensa
Portuguese (Portugal):	suspenso
Romanian:	cu răsuflarea tăiată
Russian:	затаив дыхание
Slovak:	so zatajeným dychom
Slovenian:	zadržujoč sapo
Spanish:	conteniendo la respiración
Swedish:	återhållen, med återhållen andedräkt, med dämpad röst
Turkish:	soluğunu tutarak, heyecanla

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Bated

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.

He must either bate the laborer's wages, or not employ or not pay him. --Locke.

2. To allow by way of abatement or deduction.

To whom he bates nothing or what he stood upon with the parliament. --South.

3. To leave out; to except. [Obs.]

Bate me the king, and, be he flesh and blood. He lies that says it. --Beau. & Fl.

4. To remove. [Obs.]

About autumn bate the earth from about the roots of olives, and lay them bare. --Holland.

5. To deprive of. [Obs.]

When baseness is exalted, do not bate The place its honor for the person's sake. --Herbert.

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