Alexander Dyce, A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works

bate to abate, to diminish, to lessen. “To bate me a full year,” THE TEMPEST, i. 2. 250 ; “bate one breath of her accustomed crossness,” MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, ii. 3. 162 ; “the main flood bate his usual height,” THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, iv. 1. 72 ; “I will not bate thee a scruple,” ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL, ii. 3. 217 ; “bate me some,” 2 HENRY IV., Epilogue, 14 ; “bate thy rage,” HENRY V., iii. 2. 24 ; “you bate too much of your own merits,” TIMON OF ATHENS, i. 2. 203 ; “Who bates mine honour,” TIMON OF ATHENS, iii. 3. 26 ; “With bated breath,” THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, i. 3. 119 ; “like a bated and retired flood,” KING JOHN, v. 4. 53 ; “no leisure bated” HAMLET, v. 2. 23. ( “without any abatement or intermission of time,” MALONE)