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Webster 1828 Edition

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Set at a certain value; estimated; set in a certain order or rank.

Chid; reproved.

rated ‎(comparative more rated, superlative most rated)

(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.
(engineering) maximum (load, voltage, etc.) under which a device can function properly

rated