Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to bate
Participle: bated
Gerund: bating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | bate |
| you | bate |
| he;she;it | bates |
| we | bate |
| you | bate |
| they | bate |
Perfect
| I | have bated |
| you | have bated |
| he;she;it | has bated |
| we | have bated |
| you | have bated |
| they | have bated |
Past
| I | bated |
| you | bated |
| he;she;it | bated |
| we | bated |
| you | bated |
| they | bated |
Pluperfect
| I | had bated |
| you | had bated |
| he;she;it | had bated |
| we | had bated |
| you | had bated |
| they | had bated |
Future
| I | will bate |
| you | will bate |
| he;she;it | will bate |
| we | will bate |
| you | will bate |
| they | will bate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have bated |
| you | will have bated |
| he;she;it | will have bated |
| we | will have bated |
| you | will have bated |
| they | will have bated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | bate |
| you | bate |
| he;she;it | bate |
| we | bate |
| you | bate |
| they | bate |
Perfect
| I | have bated |
| you | have bated |
| he;she;it | have bated |
| we | have bated |
| you | have bated |
| they | have bated |
Imperfect
| I | bated |
| you | bated |
| he;she;it | bated |
| we | bated |
| you | bated |
| they | bated |
Pluperfect
| I | had bated |
| you | had bated |
| he;she;it | had bated |
| we | had bated |
| you | had bated |
| they | had bated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would bate |
| you | would bate |
| he;she;it | would bate |
| we | would bate |
| you | would bate |
| they | would bate |
Perfect
| I | would have bated |
| you | would have bated |
| he;she;it | would have bated |
| we | would have bated |
| you | would have bated |
| they | would have bated |
Imperative
| you | bate |
| we | Let's bate |
| you | bate |
Verbs conjugated like 'bate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'bate'
abate,
bace,
bake,
bale,
bane,
bare,
base,
baste,
bat,
bath,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to make smaller by removing something
- abate, knock off, remove, subduct, subtract, take, take away, take off
- discount
- allow, abate, deduct, rebate, remit, subtract
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. "to reduce, to lessen in intensity," c.1300, aphetic of abate (q.v.). Now only in phrase
bated breath, which was first used by Shakespeare in "The Merchant of Venice" (1596).
2. Inherited from Middle English baten (“to abate”), an apheretic form of abaten, from Old French abatre (“to knock down”). See: Middle English '
baten', Middle English '
baten', Old French '
abatre'.
Verbs referencing "bate"
Spanish
batir.
Sample Sentences
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[...] as it may, I know that the dinner of that day was undeniably perfect; that it comprehended all these items, and a great many more; and that we all did ample justice to it. And I know too, that, bating a certain tacit avoidance of any allusion to to-morrow; such as may be supposed to prevail between delicate-minded turnkeys, and a sensitive prisoner who is to be hanged next morning; we got on very [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)