baten
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baten
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baten
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baten
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baten
- inessive indefinite inanimate of bat
- Synonym: batean
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baten
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baten
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Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch baten, from Old Dutch *baton, from Proto-West Germanic *batēn, from Proto-Germanic *batāną, from the same root as beter.
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baten
- (transitive and intransitive) to avail
- Het mocht niet baten.
- It was to no avail.
Inflection edit
Inflection of baten (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | baten | |||
past singular | baatte | |||
past participle | gebaat | |||
infinitive | baten | |||
gerund | baten n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | baat | baatte | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | baat | baatte | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | baat | baatte | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | baat | baatte | ||
3rd person singular | baat | baatte | ||
plural | baten | baatten | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | bate | baatte | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | baten | baatten | ||
imperative sing. | baat | |||
imperative plur.1 | baat | |||
participles | batend | gebaat | ||
1) Archaic. |
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Descendants edit
- Negerhollands: baet
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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baten
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baten
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baten
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Borrowed from Old French batre, from Latin battere, for earlier battuere; doublet of bateren.
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baten (third-person singular simple present bateth, present participle batende, batynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle bated) (uncommon)
- To batter; to forcefully or repetitively beat or whack.
- To fight or strive; to be in conflict with.
- To quarrel, brawl, or wrangle.
- (rare) To pat; to gently and lightly touch.
- (rare, of an animal) To flap one's limbs.
Conjugation edit
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
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References edit
- “batten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2 edit
An aphetic form of abaten.
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baten (third-person singular simple present bateth, present participle batende, batynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle bated) (uncommon)
- To dwindle or stop; to no longer occur (as much)
- To halt or slow; to cause to lessen or abate.
- To abase or humiliate; to break haughtiness.
Conjugation edit
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants edit
References edit
- “batten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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baten
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baten