Battle Definition
(UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland, Northern England, agriculture) Improving; nutritious; fattening.
A habitational surname from places in England that have been sites of a battle.
- to engage in battle; fight
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Battle
Origin of Battle
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From Early Modern English batell, probably from Middle English *batel (“flourishing”), from Old English *batol (“improving, tending to be good”), from batian (“to get better, improve”), from Proto-Germanic *batōną, *bōtijaną (“to improve, atone, be favourable”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰAd- (“good”) + -le. Related to North Frisian bate, baatsje (“to get better”), Dutch baten (“to benefit, avail, profit”), Low German batten (“to be sly”). Compare batten (“to improve, become better, fatten, flourish”). More at better.
From Wiktionary
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From Middle English batel, from Old French bataille, from Vulgar Latin *battālia, from Late Latin battuālia (“fighting and fencing exercises”), from Latin battuō (“to strike, beat”), from Gaulish (compare Welsh bathu (“to strike money, coin, mint”)), from Proto-Indo-European *bhau(t)- (“to knock”) (compare Latin fatuus (“silly, knocked silly”), Gothic (bauþs, “deaf, numb, dumbstruck”)).
From Wiktionary
Middle English batel from Old French bataille from Vulgar Latin battālia from Late Latin battuālia fighting and fencing exercises from Latin battuere to beat
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Displaced native Old English hild (“battle”), Old English beadu (“battle, war”).
From Wiktionary
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