abatre

Inherited from Late Latin abbattere, from Latin battere.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əˈβa.tɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əˈba.tɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aˈba.tɾe]

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• Rhymes: -atɾe

abatre (first-person singular present abato, first-person singular preterite abatí, past participle abatut)

1. to pull down; knock down, bring down, shoot down (cause to fall down)
2. to bring down (cause to become unhappy)
3. to bring down (e.g. an empire, regime)

• “abatre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• abàter (Gascony)

From Late Latin abbattere, from Latin battere.

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abatre

1. to knock down; to push down

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• abattre

From Late Latin abbattere, from Latin battere.

abatre

1. to knock over; to knock down
2. to destroy; to slaughter
   • c. 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:

     Sis chastels fist abatre

     He destroyed six castles

   • c. 1200, Marie de France, Milun:

     Par ire se voldra cumbatre; s’il le puet del cheval abatre, dune sera il en fin honiz.

     By pure anger he wanted to fight; to slay him from his horse, in order to cover him in shame.

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

• Bourguignon: aibaitre
• Middle French: abbatre, abatre, abattre, abbattre
  • French: abattre
• Norman: abattre, abat
• Walloon: abate
• → Middle English: abaten
  • English: abate