different between berate vs battel

English

Etymology

be- +? rate (“to scold, upbraid”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b???e?t/
• Rhymes: -e?t

Verb

berate (third-person singular simple present berates, present participle berating, simple past and past participle berated)

1. (transitive) to chide or scold vehemently
   • 1896, Gilbert Parker, Seats Of The Mighty, ch. 13:

     Gabord, still muttering, turned to us again, and began to berate the soldiers for their laziness.

   • 1917, Jack London, Jerry of the Islands, ch. 14:

     Lenerengo, as usual, forgot everything else in the fiercer pleasure of berating her spouse.

   • 2008, Alex Perry, "The Man Who Would Be (Congo's) King," Time, 27 Nov.:

     During the rally, he berates the crowd for their cowardice.

   • 2011, Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France [1]

     France were supposedly a team in pieces, beaten by Tonga just a week ago and with coach Marc Lievremont publicly berating his players, but so clear-cut was their victory that much of the atmosphere had been sucked from the contest long before the end.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:reprehend

Related terms

• beration

Translations

Anagrams

• Bartee, beater, betear, erbate, rebate, rebeat

German

Verb

berate

1. inflection of beraten:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English batel, batayle from Old French bataille, from Late Latin batt?lia, variant of battu?lia (“military exercises”), from Latin battu? (“to strike, hit, beat, fight”), from a Gaulish root, from Proto-Indo-European *b?ed?- (“to stab, dig”). Doublet of battalia and battle.

Alternative forms

• batail, battle

Noun

battel (plural battels)

1. Archaic spelling of battle.
2. (Britain, law, obsolete) A single combat.

   trial by battel; wager of battel

Etymology 2

Adjective

battel (comparative more battel, superlative most battel)

1. (obsolete) fertile; fruitful; productive

   • a battel soil for grain, for pasture good

Verb

battel (third-person singular simple present battels, present participle battelling, simple past and past participle battelled)

1. (transitive) To make fertile.
   • 1670, John Ray, Collection of English proverbs - Devonshire

     to battel barren land

2. (transitive, intransitive, Britain, Oxford University) To supply with provisions from the buttery.
3. (intransitive, Britain, Oxford University) To stand indebted in the college-books for provisions and drink from the buttery.

Noun

battel (countable and uncountable, plural battels)

1. (Britain, Oxford University, chiefly in the plural) Fees charged by a college for accommodation and living expenses.
2. (Britain, Oxford University, chiefly in the plural, obsolete) Provisions ordered from the kitchen and buttery.
3. (Britain, Eton College, obsolete) A small allowance of food collegers receive from their dames (matrons) in addition to their college allowance

Further reading

• battel in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• battle in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Battle, batlet, battle, tablet