To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower.
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 reduce the force of something; to abate.
To cut off, remove, take away.
To contend or strive with blows or arguments.
Of a falcon: To flap the wings vigorously; to bait.
Strife; contention.
An alkaline lye which neutralizes the effect of the previous application of lime, and makes hides supple in the process of tanning.
A vat which contains this liquid.
To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions.
To reenlist for a further period.
To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.
To straighten (a limb).
Of a class: to be an extension or subtype of, or to be based on, a prototype or a more abstract class.
To increase in extent.
To cause to increase in extent.
To cause to last for a longer period of time.
To possess a certain extent; to cover an amount of space.
To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply.