bate vs qualify

bate

verb
  • To allow by way of abatement or deduction. 

  • 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 reduce the force of something; to abate. 

  • 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. 

noun
  • 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. 

qualify

verb
  • To modify, limit, restrict or moderate something; especially to add conditions or requirements for an assertion to be true. 

  • To certify or license someone for something. 

  • To throw and catch each object at least twice. 

  • To compete successfully in some stage of a competition and become eligible for the next stage. 

  • To make someone, or to become competent or eligible for some position or task. 

  • To give individual quality to; to modulate; to vary; to regulate. 

  • To describe or characterize something by listing its qualities. 

noun
  • An instance of throwing and catching each prop at least twice. 

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