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Webster 1828 Edition


Rated

RA'TED

, pp.
1.
Set at a certain value; estimated; set in a certain order or rank.
2.
Chid; reproved.

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rated

rated

English

Adjective

rated (comparative more rated, superlative most rated)

  1. (now rare) Scolded, rebuked. [from 16th c.]
    • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.1:
      He tooke it up, and thence with him did beare, / As rated Spaniell takes his burden up for feare.
    • 1849, Charlotte Brontë, Shirley:
      He merely passed by sheepishly with a rated, scowling look.
  2. (engineering) maximum (load, voltage, etc.) under which a device can function properly

Derived terms

  • human-rated

Verb

rated

  1. simple past tense and past participle of rate

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