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Definitions
soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments
Word origin
Inherited from Middle English baten (“to abate”), an apheretic form of abaten, from Old French abatre (“to knock down”).
Used in a sentence
“Ah, left ſome Thorn ſhoul'd pierce thy tender Foot, / Or thou ſhoul'dſt fall in flying my purſuit! / To ſharp uneven Ways thy ſteps decline; / Abate thy Speed, and I will bate of mine.”
“[…] and to his dying day he bated his breath a little when he told the story of the stroke with the willow wand.”
“Also about Autumne bate the earth from about the roots of Olives, and lay them bare, but in stead thereof put good mucke thereto.”
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