From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bate \Bate\, verb (used with an object) [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.
About autumn bate the earth from about the roots of olives, and lay them bare. --Holland.
When baseness is exalted, do not bate The place its honor for the person's sake. --Herbert.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bated \Bat"ed\, adjective Reduced; lowered; restrained; as, to speak with bated breath. --Macaulay.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: held back; "we watched the daring feats of the acrobats with bated breath"
2: diminished or moderated; "our bated enthusiasm"; "his bated hopes"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
44 Moby Thesaurus words for "bated": abated, ablated, attenuated, belittled, consumed, contracted, curtailed, damped, dampened, dead, deadened, decreased, deflated, diminished, dissipated, dropped, dull, dulled, eroded, fallen, flat, less, lesser, lower, lowered, miniaturized, muffled, muted, reduced, retrenched, scaled-down, shorn, shorter, shrunk, shrunken, smaller, smothered, softened, sordo, stifled, subdued, watered-down, weakened, worn
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