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Bating
(gcide) | Bate \Bate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bating.] [From abate.]
1. To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to
abate; to beat down; to lower.
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He must either bate the laborer's wages, or not
employ or not pay him. --Locke.
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2. To allow by way of abatement or deduction.
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To whom he bates nothing of what he stood upon with
the parliament. --South.
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3. To leave out; to except. [Obs.]
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Bate me the king, and, be he flesh and blood,
He lies that says it. --Beau. & Fl.
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4. To remove. [Obs.]
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About autumn bate the earth from about the roots of
olives, and lay them bare. --Holland.
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5. To deprive of. [Obs.]
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When baseness is exalted, do not bate
The place its honor for the person's sake.
--Herbert.
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Bating
(gcide) | Bating \Bat"ing\, prep. [Strictly p. pr. of Bate to abate.]
With the exception of; excepting.
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We have little reason to think that they bring many
ideas with them, bating some faint ideas of hunger and
thirst. --Locke.
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debating
(encz) | debating,debatování n: Zdeněk Broždebating,diskutování n: Zdeněk Brož |
exacerbating
(encz) | exacerbating, adj: |
incubating
(encz) | incubating, |
masturbating
(encz) | masturbating,masturbující adj: Zdeněk Brožmasturbating,onanující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
probating
(encz) | probating, |
Abating
(gcide) | Abate \A*bate"\ ([.a]*b[=a]t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Abated, p.
pr. & vb. n. Abating.] [OF. abatre to beat down, F.
abattre, LL. abatere; ab or ad + batere, battere (popular
form for L. batuere to beat). Cf. Bate, Batter.]
1. To beat down; to overthrow. [Obs.]
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The King of Scots . . . sore abated the walls.
--Edw. Hall.
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2. To bring down or reduce from a higher to a lower state,
number, or degree; to lessen; to diminish; to contract; to
moderate; to cut short; as, to abate a demand; to abate
pride, zeal, hope.
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His eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
--Deut. xxxiv.
7.
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3. To deduct; to omit; as, to abate something from a price.
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Nine thousand parishes, abating the odd hundreds.
--Fuller.
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4. To blunt. [Obs.]
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To abate the edge of envy. --Bacon.
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5. To reduce in estimation; to deprive. [Obs.]
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She hath abated me of half my train. --Shak.
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6. (Law)
(a) To bring entirely down or put an end to; to do away
with; as, to abate a nuisance, to abate a writ.
(b) (Eng. Law) To diminish; to reduce. Legacies are liable
to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a
deficiency of assets.
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To abate a tax, to remit it either wholly or in part.
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aggravating exacerbating exasperating
(gcide) | intensifying \intensifying\ adj.
increasing in strength or intensity. [Narrower terms:
{aggravating, exacerbating, exasperating ; {augmentative,
enhancive}; {deepening(prenominal), heightening(prenominal)
] moderating
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Cohobating
(gcide) | Cohobate \Co`ho*bate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cohobated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Cohobating.] [LL. cohobare; prob. of Arabic origin:
cf. F. cohober.] (Anc. Chem.)
To repeat the distillation of, pouring the liquor back upon
the matter remaining in the vessel. --Arbuthnot.
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Combating
(gcide) | Combat \Com"bat\ (? or ?; 277), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Combated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Combating.] [F. combattre; pref. com- +
battre to beat, fr. L. battuere to strike. See Batter.]
To struggle or contend, as with an opposing force; to fight.
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To combat with a blind man I disdain. --Milton.
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After the fall of the republic, the Romans combated
only for the choice of masters. --Gibbon.
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Conglobating
(gcide) | Conglobate \Con*glo"bate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Conglobated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Conglobating.] [Cf. Conglore.]
To collect or form into a ball or rounded mass; to gather or
mass together.
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Conglobated bubbles undissolved. --Wordsworth.
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Debating
(gcide) | Debate \De*bate"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Debated; p. pr. & vb.
n. Debating.] [OF. debatre, F. d['e]battre; L. de + batuere
to beat. See Batter, v. t., and cf. Abate.]
1. To engage in combat for; to strive for.
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Volunteers . . . thronged to serve under his banner,
and the cause of religion was debated with the same
ardor in Spain as on the plains of Palestine.
--Prescott.
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2. To contend for in words or arguments; to strive to
maintain by reasoning; to dispute; to contest; to discuss;
to argue for and against.
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A wise council . . . that did debate this business.
--Shak.
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Debate thy cause with thy neighbor himself. --Prov.
xxv. 9.
Syn: To argue; discuss; dispute; controvert. See Argue, and
Discuss.
[1913 Webster]Debating \De*bat"ing\, n.
The act of discussing or arguing; discussion.
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Debating society or Debating club, a society or club for
the purpose of debate and improvement in extemporaneous
speaking.
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Debating club
(gcide) | Debating \De*bat"ing\, n.
The act of discussing or arguing; discussion.
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Debating society or Debating club, a society or club for
the purpose of debate and improvement in extemporaneous
speaking.
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Debating society
(gcide) | Debating \De*bat"ing\, n.
The act of discussing or arguing; discussion.
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Debating society or Debating club, a society or club for
the purpose of debate and improvement in extemporaneous
speaking.
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Debatingly
(gcide) | Debatingly \De*bat"ing*ly\, adv.
In the manner of a debate.
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exacerbating
(gcide) | exacerbating \ex*ac"er*ba`ting\
([e^]gz*[a^]s"[~e]r*b[=a]`t[i^]ng), adj.
Making worse.
Syn: aggravating, exasperating.
[WordNet 1.5]Exacerbate \Ex*ac"er*bate\ ([e^]gz*[a^]s"[~e]r*b[=a]t; 277), v.
t. [imp. & p. p. Exacerbated
([e^]gz*[a^]s"[~e]r*b[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
Exacerbating ([e^]gz*[a^]s"[~e]r*b[=a]`t[i^]ng).] [L.
exacerbatus, p. p. of exacerbare; ex out (intens.) +
acerbare. See Acerbate.]
To render more violent or bitter; to irritate; to exasperate;
to imbitter, as passions or disease. --Brougham.
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Exacerbating
(gcide) | exacerbating \ex*ac"er*ba`ting\
([e^]gz*[a^]s"[~e]r*b[=a]`t[i^]ng), adj.
Making worse.
Syn: aggravating, exasperating.
[WordNet 1.5]Exacerbate \Ex*ac"er*bate\ ([e^]gz*[a^]s"[~e]r*b[=a]t; 277), v.
t. [imp. & p. p. Exacerbated
([e^]gz*[a^]s"[~e]r*b[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
Exacerbating ([e^]gz*[a^]s"[~e]r*b[=a]`t[i^]ng).] [L.
exacerbatus, p. p. of exacerbare; ex out (intens.) +
acerbare. See Acerbate.]
To render more violent or bitter; to irritate; to exasperate;
to imbitter, as passions or disease. --Brougham.
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Incubating
(gcide) | Incubate \In"cu*bate\, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. Incubated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Incubating.] [L. incubatus, p. p. incubare to
lie on; pref. in- in, on + cubare to lie down. Cf. Cubit,
Incumbent.]
1. To sit, as on eggs for hatching; to brood; to brood upon,
or keep warm, as eggs, for the purpose of hatching.
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2. To maintain (a living organism, such as microorganisms or
a premature baby) under appropriate conditions, such as of
temperature, humidity, or atmospheric composition, for
growth; as, coliform bacteria grow best when incubated at
37[deg] C..
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3. To develop gradually in some interior environment, until
fully formed; as, the ideas for his book were incubating
for two years before he began to write.
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masturbating
(gcide) | masturbate \masturbate\ v. i. [imp. & p. p. masturbated; p.
pr. & vb. n. masturbating.]
To achieve sexual gratification by stimulating one's own
sexual organs, without the aid of a partner; -- typically to
the point of orgasm. -- masturbator, n.
Syn: wank, she-bop, jack off, jerk off, whack off, beat the
meat.
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Reprobating
(gcide) | Reprobate \Rep"ro*bate\ (-b?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reprobated
(-b?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Reprobating.]
1. To disapprove with detestation or marks of extreme
dislike; to condemn as unworthy; to disallow; to reject.
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Such an answer as this is reprobated and disallowed
of in law; I do not believe it, unless the deed
appears. --Ayliffe.
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Every scheme, every person, recommended by one of
them, was reprobated by the other. --Macaulay.
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2. To abandon to punishment without hope of pardon.
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Syn: To condemn; reprehend; censure; disown; abandon; reject.
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Surbating
(gcide) | Surbate \Sur*bate"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surbated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Surbating.] [F. solbatu, p. p., bruised (said of a
horse's foot); sole a sole (of a horse's foot) + battu, p. p.
of battre to beat.]
1. To make sore or bruise, as the feet by travel. [Obs.]
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Lest they their fins should bruise, and surbate sore
Their tender feet upon the stony ground. --Spenser.
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Chalky land surbates and spoils oxen's feet.
--Mortimer.
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2. To harass; to fatigue. [Obs.] --Clarendon.
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exacerbating
(wn) | exacerbating
adj 1: making worse [syn: aggravating, exacerbating,
exasperating] |
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