unbated
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]unbated (not comparable)
- Not bated.
- unbated breath
- c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:
- The treacherous instrument is in thy hand,
Unbated and envenom'd