unbated
Americanadjective
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not abated; undiminished; unlessened.
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Archaic. not blunted, as a lance or fencer's foil.
adjective
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a less common spelling of unabated
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archaic (of a sword, lance, etc) not covered with a protective button
Etymology
Origin of unbated
Example Sentences
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But evil sleeps not; and with a persistency that were admirable in a better cause, it returned with unbated vigor at the moment the priest was off his guard.
From Carmen Ariza by Charles Francis Stocking
To him replied the stranger wearily: Where is the horse that doth untread again His tedious measures with the unbated fire That he did pace them first?
From A Cotswold Village by J. Arthur Gibbs
We must now pass to this Imperial interregnum knowing that when the Empire shall be revived, the match will begin anew and the combatants, with foils unbated and envenomed, will fight to a finish.
From A Short History of Italy (476-1900) by Henry Dwight Sedgwick
Yet, as Paul's rapt interest in the old lady continued unbated, Mrs Wickam would not budge an inch from the position she had taken up.
From Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens
The fencers must not measure weapons, because how then could the unbated point escape discovery?
From The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark A Study with the Text of the Folio of 1623 by George MacDonald
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