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Definition of Blate
1. Adjective. Disposed to avoid notice. "They considered themselves a tough outfit and weren't bashful about letting anybody know it"
2. Verb. Cry plaintively. "The meadows blate with animals "; "The lambs were bleating"
Generic synonyms: Emit, Let Loose, Let Out, Utter
Derivative terms: Baa, Bleat
Definition of Blate
1. Adjective. Bashful, sheepish. ¹
2. Adjective. Dull, stupid. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Blate
1. timid [adj] - See also: timid
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blate
Literary usage of Blate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1864)
"... made. any attempt whatever in such State to reconnue or set on foot the lawless
invasion of any other blate or territory. This proposition was rejected. ..."
2. The Book of Old Edinburgh: With Historical Accounts of the Buildings Therein by John Charles Dunlop, Alison Hay Dunlop (1896)
"Smell! he wasna blate. Smell!' Meggie had been one of the beauties of Newhaven
in her ... Any picture of Old Edin- SMELL' HE WASNA' blate' burgh would be ..."
3. Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions by Robert Chambers (1847)
"... lasses, ye're no blate !' Peggy. Ye dash the lad wi' constant slighting pride,
Hatred for love is unco sair to bide : But ye'll repent ye, ..."
4. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"The inventory. Ye little ken what cursed speed Add. sp, by Fontenelle. blate [shy,
bashful, backward]. Owre blate to seek, owre proud to ..."
5. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1864)
"... made. any attempt whatever in such State to reconnue or set on foot the lawless
invasion of any other blate or territory. This proposition was rejected. ..."
6. The Book of Old Edinburgh: With Historical Accounts of the Buildings Therein by John Charles Dunlop, Alison Hay Dunlop (1896)
"Smell! he wasna blate. Smell!' Meggie had been one of the beauties of Newhaven
in her ... Any picture of Old Edin- SMELL' HE WASNA' blate' burgh would be ..."
7. Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions by Robert Chambers (1847)
"... lasses, ye're no blate !' Peggy. Ye dash the lad wi' constant slighting pride,
Hatred for love is unco sair to bide : But ye'll repent ye, ..."
8. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"The inventory. Ye little ken what cursed speed Add. sp, by Fontenelle. blate [shy,
bashful, backward]. Owre blate to seek, owre proud to ..."
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