It appeared on DS's spelling list last week. I wrote a note at the bottom to ask the teacher what it meant and he replied: to moderate or restrain, as in wait with bated breath or to lessen or diminish, abate.
But is bate in itself a word?
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Is bate a word?
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Elisheva · 10/10/2015 20:03
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