Hello Dwight,
Thursday, August 09, 2001, 10:52:09 PM, you wrote:
DAC> On Thursday, August 09, 2001, 4:40:10 PM, tamuz wrote:
>> Hello fellow baters
DAC> (found at www.dictionary.com :
DAC> bate (bt)
DAC> tr.v. bat�ed, bat�ing, bates
DAC> To lessen the force or intensity of; moderate: �To his dying day he
DAC> bated his breath a little when he told the story� (George Eliot). See
DAC> Usage Note at bait1.
DAC> To take away; subtract.
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DAC> [Middle English baten, short for abaten. See abate.]
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DAC> Source: The American Heritage� Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
DAC> Copyright � 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
DAC> Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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DAC> bate also bait (bt)
DAC> intr.v. bat�ed, also bait�ed bat�ing, bait�ing bates, baits
DAC> To flap the wings wildly or frantically. Used of a falcon.
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DAC> [Middle English baten, from Old French batre, to beat. See batter1.]
DAC> there were 11 more entrys.
DAC> I think we are Batters, or maybe even Batsters (but don't spell or get
DAC> pronounce the latter wrong) rather than baters.
Since it seems that you got a lot of spare energy and time to spare, with nothing
better to do, and since you cannot help with my specific query in a specific way, why
not contribute to the betterment of humanity and start rewriting thebat! spelling
engine?
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Best regards,
tamuz mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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