To remove.
See 2d Bath.
imp. of Bite.
To deprive of.
To waste away.
Strife; contention.
To attack; to bait.
To leave out; to except.
To flutter as a hawk; to bait.
To remit or retrench a part; -- with of.
To allow by way of abatement or deduction.
To steep in bate, as hides, in the manufacture of leather.