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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
Dictionary Results for bated:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
bated
    adj 1: diminished or moderated; "our bated enthusiasm"; "his
           bated hopes"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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            He must either bate the laborer's wages, or not
            employ or not pay him.                --Locke.
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   2. To allow by way of abatement or deduction.
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            To whom he bates nothing of what he stood upon with
            the parliament.                       --South.
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   3. To leave out; to except. [Obs.]
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            Bate me the king, and, be he flesh and blood,
            He lies that says it.                 --Beau. & Fl.
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   4. To remove. [Obs.]
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            About autumn bate the earth from about the roots of
            olives, and lay them bare.            --Holland.
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   5. To deprive of. [Obs.]
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            When baseness is exalted, do not bate
            The place its honor for the person's sake.
                                                  --Herbert.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Bated \Bat"ed\, a.
   Reduced; lowered; restrained; as, to speak with bated breath.
   --Macaulay.
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