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rebated

UK/ˈɹiːbeɪtɪd/

rebated adjective: blunted, dulled (of a blade, weapon etc.). Also the simple past and past participle of rebate.

rebated: blunted, dulled (of a blade, weapon etc.)
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Adjective

rebated (comparative more rebated, superlative most rebated)

  1. Blunted, dulled (of a blade, weapon etc.).
    • Even with blunted lances and filed-down or ‘rebated’ blades, grave injury and death were all too frequent, and tended to ‘disturb the cheerfulness of such events’, as a contemporary Spanish herald understatedly put it.2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin, published 2012, page 288
  2. Having a smaller diameter than the main body of the cartridge, from which it is separated by an extractor groove narrower than both.

Also used as

rebated is also the simple past and past participle of rebate.

Forms of rebated

comparativemore rebated
superlativemost rebated

Origin of rebated

From rebate + -ed.

Words formed from rebated

Questions about rebated

What does rebated mean?
Rebated means blunted, dulled (of a blade, weapon etc.).
What part of speech is rebated?
Rebated is an adjective.
How do you pronounce rebated?
Rebated is pronounced /ˈɹiːbeɪtɪd/ (UK).

Words near rebated in the dictionary

  1. rebatches
  2. rebatching
  3. rebate
  4. rebate plane
  5. rebate planes
  6. rebated
  7. rebatement
  8. rebatements
  9. rebater
  10. rebaters
  11. rebates

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