- beaten
- Having suffered blows; having been the victim of an assault and battery.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
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Beaten — Beat en (b[=e]t n; 95), a. 1. Made smooth by beating or treading; worn by use. A broad and beaten way. Milton. Beaten gold. Shak. off the beaten track. [1913 Webster] 2. Vanquished; defeated; conquered; baffled. [1913 Webster] 3. Exhausted; tired … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
beaten — [bēt′ n] adj. [pp. of BEAT] 1. struck with repeated blows; whipped 2. shaped or made thin by hammering 3. flattened by treading; much traveled [a beaten path] 4. a) defeated … English World dictionary
beaten — [adj1] defeated baffled, bested, circumvented, conquered, cowed, crushed, disappointed, discomfited, disheartened, frustrated, humbled, licked, mastered, overcome, overpowered, overthrown, overwhelmed, routed, ruined, subjugated, surmounted,… … New thesaurus
beaten-up — eaten up adj. worn by use into a deplorable condition. the beaten up old Ford Syn: battered, beat up, bedraggled, broken down, dilapidated, ramshackle, tumble down, unsound. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
beaten — beaten; un·beaten; … English syllables
Beaten — (v. lat.), 1) Betschwestern: 2) in Spanien Frauenzimmer, welche die Kleidung irgend eines dritten Ordens trugen, od. wenigstens zu ihrer bürgerlichen Tracht ein besonderes Ordensmerkmal erhielten, die drei Regeln zu beobachten gelobten, übrigens… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Beāten — (lat. Beatae oder Oblatae, franz. Béates, Dévotes oder Sœurs converses, »bekehrte Schwestern«), Gemeinname der Tertiarierinnen verschiedener Mönchsorden … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Beaten — Beaten, in Spanien Jungfrauen eines dritten Ordens (Tertianerinen) mit irgend einer Auszeichnung in der Kleidung … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
beaten — index despondent, passable Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
beaten — beaten(englausgesprochen)intr tanzen.Schül1965ff … Wörterbuch der deutschen Umgangssprache
beaten-up — adjective INFORMAL BEAT UP … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
