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Bated - Definition of Bated at Dictionary.com a free online dictionary with pronunciation, synonyms, and translation of Bated. Look it up now! ... Use bated in a Sentence...
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Bated breath - Definition of Bated breath at Dictionary.com a free online dictionary with pronunciation, synonyms, and translation of Bated breath. Look it up now! ... Main Entry: bated breath...
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Much confusion exists about the correct spelling. Is it 'baited breath' or 'bated breath'? ... [A] The correct spelling is actually bated breath but it’s so common these days to see it written as baited breath that there’s every chance that it will soon become the usual form, to the disgust of conservative speakers and...
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Bated breath - the meaning and origin of this phrase. ... Which is it - bated or baited? We have baited hooks and baited traps, but bated - what's that? Bated doesn't even seem to be a real word, where else do you hear it? Having said that 'baited breath' makes little sense either.
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Pray, could you search your reference library (AKA gray matter) and tell me - what is the origin of "bated breath"? I, and many of my associates, had mistakenly thought it was "baited." As a confessed member of the teeming millions, I can do nothing but embrace my ignorance, and turn to you for guidance.
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• adjective (in phrase with bated breath) in great suspense. ... About this dictionary; The Compact Oxford English Dictionary of Current English contains 145,000 words, phrases, and definitions. Find out more about Oxford's range of English dictionaries; Sign up for the AskOxford Word of the Day;
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Definition and other additional information on Bated from Biology-Online.org dictionary. ... Reduced; lowered; restrained; as, to speak with bated breath.
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