adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 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,"

Synonyms

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fixedgrimimmutablerelentless

Antonyms

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variable

Example

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

Etymology

From bate + -less.

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