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語源 1

Aphetic from abate.

動詞

bate (三人称単数 現在形 bates, 現在分詞 bating, 過去形および過去分詞形 bated)

1. (transitive) To reduce the force of something; to abate.
2. (transitive) To restrain, usually with the sense of being in anticipation; as, with bated breath.
3. (transitive, figuratively) To cut off, remove, take away.
   • c.1658 Dr. Henry More, Government of the Tongue :

     He will not bate an ace of absolute certainty.

参照

• 1897 Universal Dictionary of the English Language, Robert Hunter and Charles Morris, eds., v 1 p 459.

語源 2

Noun: From the verb, or directly from the noun debate. Verb: From Anglo-Saxon = contention. From Old French batre (French battre). From Late Latin batere.

名詞

bate (uncountable)

1. Strife; contention.
   • 1598, William Shakespeare, King Henry IV, Part 2

     ... and wears his boots very smooth, like unto the sign of the leg, and breeds no bate with telling of discreet stories;

   • 1888, Sir Richard Burton, The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night (Arabian Nights)

     So the strife redoubled and the weapons together clashed and ceased not bate and debate and naught was to be seen but blood flowing and necks bowing;

   • 1911, H.G. Wells, The New Machiavelli

     The other merely needs jealousy and bate, of which there are great and easily accessible reservoirs in every human heart.

動詞

bate (三人称単数 現在形 bates, 現在分詞 bating, 過去形および過去分詞形 bated)

1. (intransitive) To contend or strive with blows or arguments.
2. (intransitive) (falconry) Of a falcon: To flap the wings vigorously.

参考

• (To contend または strive with blows または arguments): bait.

語源 3

From Swedish beta (“maceration, tanning”)

名詞

bate (複数形 bates)

1. An alkaline lye which neutralizes the effect of the previous application of lime, and makes hides supple in the process of tanning.
2. A vat which contains this liquid.

動詞

bate (三人称単数 現在形 bates, 現在分詞 bating, 過去形および過去分詞形 bated)

1. (transitive) To soak leather so as to remove chemicals used in tanning; to steep in bate.
2. (intransitive, slang) To masturbate.

参照

• 1897 Universal Dictionary of the English Language, Robert Hunter and Charles Morris, eds., v 1 p 459.

アナグラム

• abet
• beat
• beta, Beta