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In transitive terms the difference between date and bate

is that date is to have a steady relationship with, to be romantically involved with while bate is to soak leather so as to remove chemicals used in tanning; to steep in bate.

In intransitive terms the difference between date and bate

is that date is to become old, especially in such a way as to fall out of fashion, become less appealing or attractive, etc while bate is to contend or strive with blows or arguments.

date

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) datte, from (etyl) dactylus, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • The fruit of the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera , somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft, sweet pulp and enclosing a hard kernel.
    • We made a nice cake from dates .
  • The date palm.
    • There were a few dates planted around the house.
    Derived terms
    * date fish * date mussel * date palm * date plum * date shell * date tree

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) date, and Die.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • That addition to a writing, inscription, coin, etc., which specifies the time (as day, month, and year) when the writing or inscription was given, or executed, or made.
    • the date of a letter, of a will, of a deed, of a coin, etc.
    US date''' : 05/24/08 = Tuesday, May 24th, 2008. UK '''date : 24/05/08 = Tuesday 24th May 2008.
  • * 1681 , (John Dryden), The Spanish Friar
    • And bonds without a date , they say, are void.
  • The point of time at which a transaction or event takes place, or is appointed to take place; a given point of time; epoch; as, the date of a battle. A specific day.
    • the date for pleading
  • * 1844 , (Mark Akenside), (The Pleasures of the Imagination), Book II
    • He at once, Down the long series of eventful time, So fix'd the dates of being, so disposed To every living soul of every kind The field of motion, and the hour of rest.
    Do you know the date of the wedding?
    We had to change the dates of the festival because of the flooding.
  • A point in time
    • You may need that at a later date .
  • (rare) Assigned end; conclusion.
  • * (rfdate) (Alexander Pope),
    • What Time would spare, from Steel receives its date .
  • (obsolete) Given or assigned length of life; duration.
  • * (rfdate) (Edmund Spenser),
    • Good luck prolonged hath thy date .
  • * (rfdate) (George Chapman) (translator), (Homer) (author), (w) , Volume 1, Book IV, lines 282–5,
    • As now Saturnius, through his life's whole date ,
    Hath Nestor's bliss raised to as steep a state,
    Both in his age to keep in peace his house,
    And to have children wise and valorous.
  • A pre-arranged social meeting.
    • I arranged a date with my Australian business partners.
  • A companion when one is partaking in a social occasion.
    • I brought Melinda to the wedding as my date .
  • A meeting with a lover or potential lover, or the person so met.
    • We really hit it off on the first date , so we decided to meet the week after.
    We slept together on the first date .
    The cinema is a popular place to take someone on a date .
    Derived terms
    * * blind date * date night * date of birth * date rape * double date * due date * expiry date, expiration date * sell-by date * speed date * transaction date * use-by date
    Descendants
    * German:

    Verb

    (dat)
  • To note the time of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution.
  • * (rfdate) (Joseph Addison)
    • You will be surprised, I don't question, to find among your correspondencies in foreign parts, a letter dated from Blois.
  • * 1801 [1796 January], (William Cobbett), A New Year's Gift'', ''Porcupine's works , footnote, page 430,
    • I keep to the very words of the letter; but that, by "this State," is meant the State of Pennsylvania, cannot be doubted, especially when we see that the letter is dated at Philadelphia.
  • * 1913 [1863], (Marcus Aurelius), , G. Bell and Sons, page 227,
    • In these countries much of his Journal seems to have been written; parts of it are dated from them; and there, a few weeks before his fifty-ninth birthday, he fell sick and died.
  • To note or fix the time of, as of an event; to give the date of.
  • To determine the age of something.
  • To take (someone) on a series of dates.
  • To have a steady relationship with, to be romantically involved with.
  • * 2008 May 15, NEWS.com.au , "Jessica Simpson upset John Mayer dating Jennifer Aniston":
    • Jessica Simpson reportedly went on a drinking binge after discovering ex-boyfriend John Mayer is dating Jennifer Aniston.
  • Of a couple, to be in a romantic relationship.
  • To become old, especially in such a way as to fall out of fashion, become less appealing or attractive, etc.
  • To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned.
  • * (rfdate) (Edward Everett)
    • The Batavian republic dates from the successes of the French arms.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
    • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=Foreword citation , passage=He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=52, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= The new masters and commanders , passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.}}
    Usage notes
    * To note the time of writing one may say dated at' or ' from a place.

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    bate

    English

    Etymology 1

    Aphetic from (abate).

    Verb

    (bat)
  • To reduce the force of something; to abate.
  • * Dryden
    • Abate thy speed, and I will bate of mine.
  • To restrain, usually with the sense of being in anticipation; as, with bated breath .
  • (transitive, sometimes, figuratively) To cut off, remove, take away.
  • * Dr. Henry More, Government of the Tongue :
    • He will not bate an ace of absolute certainty.
  • * Holland
    • About autumn bate the earth from about the roots of olives, and lay them bare.
  • (archaic) To leave out, except, bar.
  • * 1610 , , act 2, scene 1:
    • (Sebastian) "Bate , I beseech you, widow Dido."
  • * Beaumont and Fletcher
    • Bate me the king, and, be he flesh and blood, / He lies that says it.
  • To waste away.
  • * 1597 , , act 3, scene 3:
    • (Falstaff) "Bardolph, am I not fallen away vilely since this last action? do I not bate ? do I not dwindle?"
  • To deprive of.
  • * Herbert
    • When baseness is exalted, do not bate / The place its honour for the person's sake.
  • To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower.
  • * John Locke
    • He must either bate the labourer's wages, or not employ or not pay him.
  • To allow by way of abatement or deduction.
  • * South
    • to whom he bates nothing or what he stood upon with the parliament

    References

    * 1897 Universal Dictionary of the English Language , Robert Hunter and Charles Morris (editors), volume 1, page 459.

    Etymology 2

    * Noun: From the verb, or directly from the noun (debate). * Verb: From Anglo-Saxon = contention. From (etyl) batre (French battre). From batere.

    Noun

    (-)
  • 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.

    Verb

    (bat)
  • To contend or strive with blows or arguments.
  • (falconry) Of a falcon: To flap the wings vigorously; to bait.
    • (Francis Bacon)

    See also

    * (to contend or strive with blows or arguments) bait.

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.

    • Verb

    (bat)
  • To soak leather so as to remove chemicals used in tanning; to steep in bate.

    • References

    * 1897 Universal Dictionary of the English Language , Robert Hunter and Charles Morris (editors), volume 1, page 459.

    Etymology 4

    Formed by analogy with eat ? ate, with which it shares an analogous past participle (eaten ? beaten).

    Verb

    (head)
  • (nonstandard) (beat); = beat.
  • * 2008 October 20th, , episode 5: “The Euclid Alternative”
    • . Goodnight.

    Etymology 5

    Shortening of (m).

    Verb

    (bat)
  • (slang) To masturbate.

    • Anagrams

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