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Bating

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.

    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 of 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.

Bating

Bating \Bat"ing\, prep. [Strictly p. pr. of Bate to abate.] With the exception of; excepting.

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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bating

prep. (context now rare English) Apart from; except. vb. (present participle of bate English)

Usage examples of "bating".

Let me be going now, woman of the house, for by all the goats in Connemara I'm after having the father and mother of a bating.