bateren

Catalan

Verb

bateren

  1. third-person plural preterite indicative of batre

Galician

Verb

bateren

  1. inflection of bater:
    1. third-person plural future subjunctive
    2. third-person plural personal infinitive

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French batre (< Latin battere, earlier battuere), with the Old French infinitival ending retained as if baten (“to beat”) +‎ -eren.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbat(ə)rən/

Verb

bateren (third-person singular simple present batereth, present participle baterende, baterynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle batered)

  1. To batter; to forcefully or repetitively beat or whack.
  2. (rare, of a bird) To flap one's wings.
  3. (rare) To pat; to gently and lightly touch.
  4. (rare, music) To resound; to produce vibrations.
  5. (rare) To impress; to produce an image on.

Conjugation
Conjugation of bateren (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) bateren
present tense past tense
1st-person singular batere batered
2nd-person singular baterest bateredest
3rd-person singular batereth batered
subjunctive singular batere
imperative singular —
plural1 bateren, batere batereden, baterede
imperative plural batereth, batere —
participles baterynge, baterende batered, ybatered

1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants
  • English: batter
  • Scots: batter

References
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