Bate

Bate and similar can mean:

People

Ahmade Bate (1417–1491), Kurdish poet and cleric
Anthony Bate (born 1927), English actor
C. T. Bate (1823–1889), Canadian politician
Charles Spence Bate (1819–1889), British zoologist and dentist
Dorothea Bate (1878–1951), British paleontologist
Henry Bate of Malines (1246–14th-century), Flemish philosopher, theologian, astronomer, astrologer, poet and musician
Jeff Bate (1906–1984), Australian politician
Jennifer Bate (born 1944), English organist
Jonathan Bate (born 1958), British scholar
Matthew Bate (born 1987), Australian rules footballer
Michael Bate, Canadian media entrepreneur
Mike Bate (born 1943), English professor of biology
Roger Bate, economist
Roger R. Bate (1923–2009), U.S. Army and Air Force officer, Computer and Astrodynamic Scientist
Russell Bate, Australian politician
Walter Jackson Bate (1918–1999), American literary critic
William B. Bate (1826–1905), governor of Tennessee
William Thornton Bate (1820–1857), Royal Navy officer and surveyor
Zara Bate (1909–1989), Australian fashion designer

In falconry, to bate is, for a falconry bird tethered by the jesses, to attempt to fly; a bird hanging from the jesses is said to be "in a bate"
In colloquial and especially schoolboy usage, a bate is a rage; an angry child may be "in a bate" or "batey" (presumably derived from falconry).
In tannery, bate is a substance, often made from fermented animal dung, used to remove hair and the outer protein layer from the hide. Using it is called "bating".
FC BATE, football team