• Rated

    Pronunciation

    • IPA: /ˈɹeɪtɪd/

    Verb

    1. rated

      (past of rate)

    Derived terms

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    Adjective

    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.
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