† batelessadj.
Obsolete.
1. That cannot be ‘bated’ or blunted; unalterably keen.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > of action: involving or requiring vigour > vigorous or intense in operation > that cannot be bated
bateless1594
1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. B1 Hap'ly that name of chast, vnhap'ly set This batelesse edge on his keene appetite. View more context for this quotation
1595 G. Markham Most Honorable Trag. Sir R. Grinuile cv Sets a batelesse edge, grownd by his word Vpon their blunt harts.
2. Unabating.
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the world > action or operation > continuing > [adjective] > continuous or without stop or pause (of action) > unremitting
dreichc1400
unrespited1593
unslacked1593
unremitteda1630
unrelented1651
unremitting1668
unflagging1715
unrelaxing1715
unbating1744
unslackening1768
unabatinga1774
unremittent1776
unreceding1810
irremissive1817
remitless1818
unrelaxed1825
unslackened1870
bateless1886
the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > lasting quality, permanence > [adjective] > unquenchable, unabating
unquenchablea1500
unslockenablec1520
quenchless1557
unsuppressed1626
unsurmountable1725
unabatinga1774
unabatable1778
survivable1879
bateless1886
1886 Harper's Mag. May 884 From heaven of heavens above God speaketh with bateless breath.
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