'Bated' definitions:
Definition of 'bated'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Diminished or moderated; "our bated enthusiasm"; "his bated hopes"
Definition of 'Bated'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- He must either bate the laborer's wages, or not employ or not pay him. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To allow by way of abatement or deduction. [1913 Webster]
- To whom he bates nothing of what he stood upon with the parliament. --South. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To leave out; to except. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Bate me the king, and, be he flesh and blood, He lies that says it. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To remove. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- About autumn bate the earth from about the roots of olives, and lay them bare. --Holland. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To deprive of. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- When baseness is exalted, do not bate The place its honor for the person's sake. --Herbert. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Bated'
From: GCIDE
- Bated \Bat"ed\, a. Reduced; lowered; restrained; as, to speak with bated breath. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'bated'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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