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Bated. World English Historical Dictionary

Bated. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Slice Contents Key Bibliographic Record Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1888, rev. 2024. Bated ppl. a. [f. BATE v.2 + -ED.] Lowered or lessened in position, amount, force, estimation, etc.; esp. in Bated breath: breathing subdued or restrained under the influence of awe, terror, or other emotion.

1 1596.  Shaks., Merch. V., I. iii. 125. With bated breath, and whispring humblenesse.

2 a. 1637.  B. Jonson, Masques (1692), 335. The longing Bridegroom, in the Porch, Shews you again the bated Torch.

3 1854.  Mrs. Gaskell, North & S., xvi. Take the bated wage, and be thankful.

4 1872.  Freeman, Norm. Conq. (1876), IV. xxi. 632. It was whispered with bated breath that the vengeance for the blood of Waltheof had begun.

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