Bate Definition

Origin of Bate

• Formed by analogy with eat → ate, with which it shares an analogous past participle (eaten → beaten).

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• Verb: From Anglo-Saxon = contention. From Old French batre (French battre). From Late Latin batere.

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• Middle English baten from Old French batre to beat batter¹

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• Middle English baten short for abaten abate

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• Noun: From the verb, or directly from the noun debate.

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• From Swedish beta (“maceration, tanning”)

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• Aphetic from abate.

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