bate

Noun

bate (uncountable)

1. Strife; contention.
   • 1598, William Shakespeare, King Henry IV, Part 2

     ... and wears his boots very smooth, like unto the sign of the leg, and breeds no bate with telling of discreet stories;

   • 1888, Sir Richard Burton, The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night (Arabian Nights)

     So the strife redoubled and the weapons together clashed and ceased not bate and debate and naught was to be seen but blood flowing and necks bowing;

   • 1911, H.G. Wells, The New Machiavelli

     The other merely needs jealousy and bate, of which there are great and easily accessible reservoirs in every human heart.

4 letters in word "bate": A B E T.

Anagrams of bate:

• abet

• beat

• beta

Words found within bate:

ab ae at ate ba bat be bet ea eat et eta ta tab tae te tea

• batchings ←
• batching ←
• batches ←
• bate
• → bateau
• → bateaux
• → bated