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 bating
 除之外;以外

 Bate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bated; p. pr. & vb. n. Bating.]
 1. To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower.
    He must either bate the laborer's wages, or not employ or not pay him.   --Locke.
 2. To allow by way of abatement or deduction.
    To whom he bates nothing of what he stood upon with the parliament.   --South.
 3. To leave out; to except. [Obs.]
 Bate me the king, and, be he flesh and blood,
 He lies that says it.   --Beau. & Fl.
 4. To remove. [Obs.]
    About autumn bate the earth from about the roots of olives, and lay them bare.   --Holland.
 5. To deprive of. [Obs.]
 When baseness is exalted, do not bate
 The place its honor for the person's sake.   --Herbert.

 Bat·ing prep.  With the exception of; excepting.
    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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