# baten
## Basque
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baten/ [ba.t̪ẽn]
* Rhymes: -aten
* Hyphenation: ba‧ten

### Etymology 1
#### Determiner

baten
* genitive indefinite of bat

#### Numeral

baten
* genitive indefinite of bat
* genitive plural of bat

#### Pronoun

baten
* genitive of bat

### Etymology 2
#### Determiner

baten
* inessive indefinite inanimate of bat
    Synonym: batean

#### Pronoun

baten
* inessive inanimate of bat
    Synonym: batean

## Catalan
### Verb

baten
* third-person plural present indicative of batre

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbaːtə(n)/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ba‧ten
* Rhymes: -aːtən

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch baten, from Old Dutch *baton, from Proto-West Germanic *batēn, from Proto-Germanic *batāną, from the same root as beter.

#### Verb

baten
* (transitive and intransitive) to avail
    Het mocht niet baten.It was to no avail.

##### Derived terms

* uitbaten
* baat het niet, dan schaadt het niet

##### Descendants

* Negerhollands: baet

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

baten
* plural of baat

## Galician
### Verb

baten
* third-person plural present indicative of bater

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baːtən/
* Audio:(file)
* Homophone: Barten (some speakers)
* Rhymes: -aːtn̩

### Verb

baten
* first/third-person plural preterite of bitten

## Middle English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbaːtən/, /ˈbatən/

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French batre, from Latin battere, for earlier battuere; doublet of bateren.

#### Alternative forms

* bate, battyn, batyn

#### Verb

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

| infinitive | (to) baten | (to) baten |
| | present tense | past tense |
| 1st-person singular | bate | bated |
| 2nd-person singular | batest | batedest |
| 3rd-person singular | bateth | bated |
| subjunctive singular | bate | bated |
| imperative singular | bate | — |
| plural$^1$ | baten, bate | bateden, batede |
| imperative plural | bateth, bate | — |
| participles | batynge, batende | bated, ybated |
$^1$Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

##### Related terms

* abaten
* bateren
* bature
* debaten
* rebaten

##### Descendants

* English: bat; bate
* Scots: bat, batt

##### References

* “batten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

### Etymology 2

An aphetic form of abaten.

#### Alternative forms

* batyn

#### Verb

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 reassure or hearten; to free of worry.
** (rare) To eliminate a collective irrational emotion.
** (in negations) To eliminate a positive attitude.
* To abase or humiliate; to break haughtiness.

##### Conjugation

| infinitive | (to) baten | (to) baten |
| | present tense | past tense |
| 1st-person singular | bate | bated |
| 2nd-person singular | batest | batedest |
| 3rd-person singular | bateth | bated |
| subjunctive singular | bate | bated |
| imperative singular | bate | — |
| plural$^1$ | baten, bate | bateden, batede |
| imperative plural | bateth, bate | — |
| participles | batynge, batende | bated, ybated |
$^1$Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

##### Descendants

* English: bate; bat

##### References

* “batten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

## Spanish
### Verb

baten
* third-person plural present indicative of batir

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

From English button.

### Noun

baten
* button