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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Rate \Rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rated; p. pr. & vb. n. Rating.]

1.To set a certain estimate on; to value at a certain price or degree. [1913 Webster]

To rate a man by the nature of his companions is a rule frequent indeed, but not infallible.— South.[1913 Webster]
You seem not high enough your joys to rate.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

2.To assess for the payment of a rate or tax. [1913 Webster]

3.To settle the relative scale, rank, position, amount, value, or quality of; as, to rate a ship; to rate a seaman; to rate a pension. [1913 Webster]

4.To ratify. [Obs.] "To rate the truce." --Chapman. [1913 Webster]

To rate a chronometer, to ascertain the exact rate of its gain or loss as compared with true time, so as to make an allowance or computation dependent thereon. [1913 Webster]

Syn: To value; appraise; estimate; reckon. [1913 Webster]

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