1. (imp. & p. p.) of Bate.

2. (a.) Reduced; lowered; restrained; as, to speak with bated breath.

abated ablated attenuated belittled consumed contracted curtailed damped dampened dead deadened decreased deflated diminished dissipated dropped dull dulled eroded fallen flat less lesser lower lowered miniaturized muffled muted reduced retrenched scaled-down shorn shorter shrunk shrunken smaller smothered softened sordo stifled subdued watered-down weakened worn