bating

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbeɪtɪŋ/
  • Homophone: baiting

Verb

bating

  1. present participle of bate

Preposition

bating

  1. (now rare) Apart from; except.
    • 1817, Walter Scott, Rob Roy, XIII:
      ‘There is but little I have heard from you which I did not expect to hear, and which I ought not to have expected; because, bating one circumstance, it is all very true.’

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