bate (n.)
bate (v.)
- abate
- ablate
- abrade
- abstract
- alleviate
- allow
- attenuate
- bar
- blunt
- close
- consume
- corrode
- crumble
- curtail
- cut
- debar
- decline
- decrease
- deduct
- deliquesce
- depreciate
- derogate
- detract
- dilute
- diminish
- discount
- disparage
- dive
- drain
- drop
- dull
- dwindle
- ease
- ebb
- eliminate
- erode
- except
- extenuate
- extract
- fall
- impair
- languish
- leach
- lessen
- loose
- loosen
- mitigate
- moderate
- obtund
- plummet
- plunge
- purify
- rebate
- reduce
- refine
- refund
- relax
- remit
- remove
- repress
- retrench
- sag
- shorten
- shrink
- sink
- slack
- slacken
- slake
- subside
- subtract
- suspend
- taper
- thin
- turn
- unbend
- unbrace
- unstrain
- unstring
- wane
- waste
- weaken
- wear
- weed
- withdraw
bate (adj.)
Yet I argue not
Against Heav'n's hand or will, nor bate a jot
Of heart or hope; but still bear up and steer
Right onward.
