bate

Meanings

Verb

Noun

Origin

  • 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 eatate or other Class 5 strong verbs (compare gave, obsolete spake, etc.), with which it shares an analogous past participle (eatenbeaten).

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