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BateEnglish (en) · Unnumbered etymologySource text
From a diminutive form of Bartholomew.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗bateEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
Inherited from Middle English baten (“to abate”), an apheretic form of abaten, from Old French abatre (“to knock down”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗bateEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
* Noun: From the verb, or directly from the noun debate. * Verb: From Middle English bate (“contention”), from Old French batre (French battre), from Latin battere.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗bateEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
Borrowed from Swedish beta (“maceration, tanning”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗bateEnglish (en) · Etymology 4Source text
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).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗bateEnglish (en) · Etymology 6Source text
Variant of beat (“rhythm”).
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Chambers (1908)
1908- BateEnglish · e-37683-2358
Bate. Same as Abate.
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Bate, bāt, n. (Spens.) strife, contention.—adj. Bate′-breed′ing (Shak.). [Abbrev. of Debate.]
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Bate, bāt, n. diminution (dial., esp. in combination).
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Bate, bāt, v.i. (Shak.) to beat the wings impatiently: (obs.) to be impatient. [O. E. batre—Low L. batĕre.]
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