Answer:

bate

Answer	Crossword Clue
BATE	Moderate
BATE	Ease
BATE	Restrain

BATE	Subside
BATE	Diminish
BATE	Decrease
BATE	Lessen
BATE	Make less intense
BATE	Hold back, as breath
BATE	Lessen in intensity
BATE	Hold back

BATE	Make less intense, as one's breath
BATE	Lower
BATE	Reduce in intensity, as breath
BATE	Diminish.
BATE	Lessen.
BATE	To moderate.
BATE	Moderate.
BATE	Reduce.

BATE	Lessen: Poet.
BATE	Hold in, as breath.
BATE	Hold in.
BATE	Restrain.
BATE	Reduce
BATE	Subtract
BATE	Lessen or lower
BATE	Let up

BATE	Caged hawk's tantrum
BATE	Lessen, to the Bard
BATE	Ease up
BATE	Restrain, as one's breath
BATE	Deprive of, as breath
BATE	Lessen the force of
BATE	Reduce in force
BATE	Reduce in intensity

BATE	Reduce in force or intensity