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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Baited

Bait \Bait\ (b[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Baited; p. pr. & vb. n. Baiting.] [OE. baiten, beit[=e]n, to feed, harass, fr. Icel. beita, orig., to cause to bite, fr. b[=i]ta. [root]87. See Bite.]

  1. To provoke and harass; esp., to harass or torment for sport; as, to bait a bear with dogs; to bait a bull.

  2. To give a portion of food and drink to, upon the road; as, to bait horses.
    --Holland.

  3. To furnish or cover with bait, as a trap or hook.

    A crooked pin . . . baited with a vile earthworm.
    --W. Irving.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
baited

c.1600, "furnished with bait," past participle adjective from bait (v.2). Hence, in a figurative sense, "exciting, alluring" (1650s). For bated breath see bate (v.1).

Wiktionary
baited

vb. (en-past of: bait)

Usage examples of "baited".

The trout-line he had set out baited with cheese would probably catch a few cheese loving catfish.

In Africa, amazing progress has been made in the eradication of the tsetse fly using baited traps made from plastic bags, a few feet of cloth, and some staples.

Others consist of a baited dish beneath a screen cone that fits inside another screen.

We know of one gardener who conditioned the neighbourhood cats to stay out of his yard by luring them into metal traps baited with fish and then turning the hose on them.

I quickly baited a hook with a bit of flying fish and threw the line its way.

The big one that swallowed the baited chicken had long ago been tagged by a biologist named Paul Moler, who works for the state.

I cut the rest of the holes, baited my lines, adjusted the tip-ups, then stood there waiting on the ice.