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(bate) 1 syllables

Definition

verb. to reduce the force or intensity of something.

Example Sentence

The medicine will bate his fever.

More Example Sentences

They will bate their enthusiasm for the game.

Synonyms

diminish; lessen; reduce

Antonyms

increase

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Rhymes

  • ate
  • aydt
  • bait
  • bate
  • beit
  • cate
  • chait
  • crate
  • date
  • eight
  • fait
  • fate
  • feight
  • fete
  • frate
  • freight
  • gait
  • gate
  • grate
  • great
  • haight
  • hait
  • hate
  • kate
  • late
  • leight
  • mate
  • nate
  • pait
  • pate
  • plait
  • plate
  • prate
  • rait
  • raitt
  • rate
  • sate
  • skate
  • slate
  • spate
  • speight
  • state
  • straight
  • strait
  • strate
  • streight
  • tait
  • taite
  • taitt
  • tate
  • trait
  • wait
  • waite
  • waitt
  • wayt
  • weight

  • abate
  • await
  • belate
  • berate
  • collate
  • conflate
  • create
  • debate
  • deflate
  • dictate
  • dilate
  • elate
  • equate
  • est
  • estate
  • gestate
  • inflate
  • innate
  • irate
  • iwate
  • kuwait
  • lightweight
  • m-8
  • mccreight
  • mcfate
  • misstate
  • negate
  • oblate
  • ornate
  • postdate
  • predate
  • prorate
  • reflate
  • relate
  • restate
  • sedate
  • sumgait
  • translate
  • tri-state
  • update
  • upstate

  • conjugate
  • desecrate
  • disinflate
  • interstate
  • intrastate
  • multistate
  • overrate
  • overweight
  • procreate
  • reinstate
  • silverplate
  • solid-state
  • telerate
  • underrate

  • demodulate
  • interrelate
  • recriminate
  • remunerate
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