2. Verb. (third-person singular of bate) ¹
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Definition of Bates
1. bate [v] - See also: bate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bates
Literary usage of Bates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of national biography by Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee (1901)
"The first head which Bates modelled at Lambeth obtained a silver medal from the
South ... Dalou returning to Paris, Bates entered the Royal Academy schools. ..."
2. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1900)
"exclaimed Mr. Bates, hurriedly. " You are quite right, ray dear Sophia; quite
right, as you always are." "Then I fail to see the worth of your last remark. ..."
3. The Popular Science Monthly (1893)
"Mr. Bates was born in Leicester, England, February 8,1825, and died in London,
February 16,1892. He was the son of a manufacturer of his native town, ..."
4. A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, from Its Discovery to the Present by Joseph Sabin, Wilberforce Eames, Bibliographical Society of America, Robert William Glenroie Vail (1867)
"Bates. Proceedings of the City Council in Relation to the Death of Joshua Bates,
Esq. Boston, ... Bates. Tribute of Boston Merchants To the Memory of Joshua ..."
5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, George Mifflin Wharton (1845)
"Bates, Is. at the time of my decease, or when called for : and I further ...
I also give, devise and bequeath unto my grandson Matthew Bates 400/. to be ..."
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