Bated
['betɪd]
Definition
(adj.) diminished or moderated; 'our bated enthusiasm'; 'his bated hopes' .
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Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Bate
(a.) Reduced; lowered; restrained; as, to speak with bated breath.
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Examples
- Entering with bated breath, quietly making all fast, shoelessly mounting the staircase, I sought the dormitory, and reached my couch. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I shall suffer as well as they: but at the end they will find I have not bated nor altered one jot. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
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