Unbated

ppl. a. [UN-¹ 8.]

  1.  = UNABATED ppl. a.

1596.  Shaks., Merch. V., II. vi. 11. Where is the horse that doth vntread againe His tedious measures with the vnbated fire, That he did pace them first?

1611.  B. Jonson, Cataline, III. iv. My guards Are you, great Powers, and the unbated strengths Of a firm conscience.

1670.  Cotton, Espernon, I. II. 80. His brave, and unbated Courage.

1680.  Otway, Orphan, IV. vi. I still love him with unbated Passion.

1810.  Scott, Lady of L., I. vii. Alone, but with unbated zeal, That horseman plied the scourge and steel.

1892.  ‘M. Field,’ Sight & Song, 95. Yet round the place whence flows Thy blood Thy conscious palm with fervour of unbated will doth cling.

  † 2.  Not bated or blunted. Obs.

1602.  Shaks., Ham., IV. vii. 139. You may choose A Sword vnbaited, and in a passe of practice, Requit him for your Father.

1815.  W. H. Ireland, Scribbleomania, v. At ye I point the lance unbated by the poison of envy.

[1826.  Scott, Woodst., xxxii. I would have struck him through … with an unbated weapon, as Will says.]