What does "bateless" mean?

Not to be abated or subdued; impossible to blunt, curtail, or reduce to anything other than full strength or intensity.

What is a synonym for "bateless"?

Common synonyms include: immutable, relentless.

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Adjective

1
Not to be abated or subdued; impossible to blunt, curtail, or reduce to anything other than full strength or intensity. obsolete
"Haply the name of chaste unhapp'ly set / This bateless edge on his keen appetite,"

"Haply the name of chaste unhapp'ly set / This bateless edge on his keen appetite,"

From bate + -less.