abate vs bate

To decrease in force or intensity; to subside. 

Of a writ or other legal document: to become null and void; to cease to have effect. 

To make (a writ or other legal document) void; to nullify. 

To lower (something) in price or value. 

To put an end to (a nuisance). 

To cut away or hammer down (material from metalwork, a sculpture, etc.) in such a way as to leave a figure in relief. 

To decrease in amount or size. 

To lower in price or value; (law) specifically, of a bequest in a will: to lower in value because the testator's estate is insufficient to satisfy all the bequests in full. 

Of legal proceedings: to be dismissed or otherwise brought to an end before they are completed, especially on procedural grounds rather than on the merits. 

To lessen (something) in force or intensity; to moderate. 

To enter upon and unlawfully seize (land) after the owner has died, thus preventing an heir from taking possession of it. 

To dismiss or otherwise bring to an end (legal proceedings) before they are completed, especially on procedural grounds rather than on the merits. 

To reduce (something) in amount or size. 

To reduce the force of something; to abate. 

To deprive of. 

To restrain, usually with the sense of being in anticipation 

To soak leather so as to remove chemicals used in tanning; to steep in bate. 

To masturbate. 

To waste away. 

To allow by way of abatement or deduction. 

To cut off, remove, take away. 

To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower. 

To contend or strive with blows or arguments. 

Of a falcon: To flap the wings vigorously; to bait.