What is the Latin word for bate?

The usual Latin words for “bate” are minuō, immineō, extenuō; also levō, sublevō, ēlevō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“bate” in Latin

minuōto make smaller, lessen, diminish, reduce, minimize; to attenuate, appease, suppress, repress, quell; to dismember, tear immineōto project, bend or lean toward or over, overhang; to touch on, border upon; to threaten, menace extenuōto thin, reduce, diminish levōto raise, elevate, lift up; to make light, lighten; to relieve, ease, comfort sublevōto lift up or raise (from underneath); to support, sustain, assist or encourage; to lighten or alleviate ēlevōto raise or elevate; to alleviate or sooth; to weaken, lessen dēdūcōto lead or bring out or away, divert; escort, accompany, conduct (out of one's house as a mark of respect or for protect dēductiōdrawing, draining or leading off or forth; subtraction, deducting

The English word bate itself goes back to Latin battuō, through batto.

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

bate

TR., lessen, minuere: imminuere: deminuere aliquid, or aliquid de aliqua re: extenuare: levare: sublevare: elevare: remittere aliquid or de aliqua re. [Syn. in LESSEN] To bate one’s breath, spiritum retinere: animam comprimere.

Lessen the price of anything, etc, detrahere aliquid de aliqua re (e.g., de tota pecunia quinquagesimam partem): deducere, detrahere aliquid de summa: deductionem, decessionem de pecunia facere: to bate 10 per cent., remissionem centesimarum denarum facere. Intr.,

minui: se minuere: also minuere only: imminui (to be lessened inwardly): remitti, se remittere and remittere only (to leave off: of rain, cold, a fever, etc.): levari: sublevari (to be lightened): leniri, mitigari (to be softened). Anger abates, ira defervescit.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for bate?: The usual Latin words for “bate” are minuō, immineō, extenuō; also levō, sublevō, ēlevō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.