Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Unabated.
- adjective Archaic Not blunted by a guard on the tip, as a sword or fencing foil.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not bated; unabated; undiminished.
- Unblunted: noting a sword without a button on the point.
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Examples
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A sword unbated, 16 and in a pass of practice17148
Act IV. Scene VII 1909
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A sword unbated, [43] and, in a pass of practice, [44]
Hamlet William Shakespeare 1590
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New COPD guidelines-the guideline epidemic continues unbated
New COPD guidelines-the guideline epidemic continues unbated james gaulte 2007
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New COPD guidelines-the guideline epidemic continues unbated
Archive 2007-09-01 james gaulte 2007
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I waited, with unbated breath, while the press had a field day.
Betty Bothroyd The Autobiography Bothroyd, Betty 1988
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They ran through it repeatedly, faster each time, with the warden retreating each time to avoid by a hair Zeb's unbated point.
The Past Through Tomorrow Heinlein, Robert A. 1967
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It was a blessed interlude, too; there was so much to whistle about with unbated breath.
The Siege of Kimberley T. Phelan
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"Hamlet," so far is he from any idea of blood revenge, that he doubts and disobeys the message from the other world, doubts indeed the existence of any other world, and dies at last not a bloody death, but by a foil "unbated and envenomed."
The Critics Versus Shakspere A Brief for the Defendant Francis Asbury Smith 1876
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Alone, but with unbated zeal, The horseman plied with scourge and steel;
What Is Man? and Other Essays Mark Twain 1872
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Ah! the world changeth too soon, that ye stand there with unbated breath,
Poems By the Way William Morris 1865
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