Rate (rāt), v. t. & i. [Perh. fr. E. rate, v. t., to value at a certain rate, to estimate, but more prob. fr. Sw. rata to find fault, to blame, to despise, to hold cheap; cf. Icel. hrat refuse, hrati rubbish.] To chide with vehemence; to scold; to censure violently; to berate. Spenser.
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Go, rate thy minions, proud, insulting boy! Shak.
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Conscience is a check to beginners in sin, reclaiming them from it, and rating them for it. Barrow.
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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.
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To rate a man by the nature of his companions is a rule frequent indeed, but not infallible. South.
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You seem not high enough your joys to rate. Dryden.
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2. To assess for the payment of a rate or tax.
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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.
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4. To ratify. [Obs.] “To rate the truce.” Chapman.
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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.
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Syn. -- To value; appraise; estimate; reckon.
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