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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Definitions bate noun  strife, 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 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 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 , of which there are great and easily accessible reservoirs in every human heart. = verb (bat, ing) (transitive) To reduce the force of something; to abate. (transitive) To restrain, usually with the sense of being in anticipation; as, with bated breath.      Full Definition of bate  Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish     Show 51015202550 results per page. Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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