Noun: From the verb, or directly from the noun debate.
Verb: From Middle English bate ("contention"), from Old French batre (French battre), from Late Latin batere.
Borrowed from Swedish beta ("maceration, tanning").
Formed by analogy with eat → ate or other Class 5 strong verbs (compare gave, obsolete spake, etc.), with which it shares an analogous past participle (eaten → beaten).
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