Bated

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bate \Bate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bated}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Bating}.] [From abate.]
     1. To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to
        abate; to beat down; to lower.
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              He must either bate the laborer's wages, or not
              employ or not pay him.                --Locke.
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     2. To allow by way of abatement or deduction.
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              To whom he bates nothing of what he stood upon with
              the parliament.                       --South.
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     3. To leave out; to except. [Obs.]
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              Bate me the king, and, be he flesh and blood,
              He lies that says it.                 --Beau. & Fl.
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     4. To remove. [Obs.]
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              About autumn bate the earth from about the roots of
              olives, and lay them bare.            --Holland.
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     5. To deprive of. [Obs.]
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              When baseness is exalted, do not bate
              The place its honor for the person's sake.
                                                    --Herbert.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bated \Bat"ed\, a.
     Reduced; lowered; restrained; as, to speak with bated breath.
     --Macaulay.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bated
       adj 1: held back; "we watched the daring feats of the acrobats with
              bated breath"
       2: diminished or moderated; "our bated enthusiasm"; "his bated
          hopes"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  44 Moby Thesaurus words for "bated":
     abated, ablated, attenuated, belittled, consumed, contracted,
     curtailed, damped, dampened, dead, deadened, decreased, deflated,
     diminished, dissipated, dropped, dull, dulled, eroded, fallen,
     flat, less, lesser, lower, lowered, miniaturized, muffled, muted,
     reduced, retrenched, scaled-down, shorn, shorter, shrunk, shrunken,
     smaller, smothered, softened, sordo, stifled, subdued,
     watered-down, weakened, worn