batten – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of batten

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to batten
Participle: battened
Gerund: battening

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ibatten
youbatten
he;she;itbattens
webatten
youbatten
theybatten

Perfect

Ihave battened
youhave battened
he;she;ithas battened
wehave battened
youhave battened
theyhave battened

Past

Ibattened
youbattened
he;she;itbattened
webattened
youbattened
theybattened

Pluperfect

Ihad battened
youhad battened
he;she;ithad battened
wehad battened
youhad battened
theyhad battened

Future

Iwill batten
youwill batten
he;she;itwill batten
wewill batten
youwill batten
theywill batten

Future Perfect

Iwill have battened
youwill have battened
he;she;itwill have battened
wewill have battened
youwill have battened
theywill have battened

Subjunctive

Present

Ibatten
youbatten
he;she;itbatten
webatten
youbatten
theybatten

Perfect

Ihave battened
youhave battened
he;she;ithave battened
wehave battened
youhave battened
theyhave battened

Imperfect

Ibattened
youbattened
he;she;itbattened
webattened
youbattened
theybattened

Pluperfect

Ihad battened
youhad battened
he;she;ithad battened
wehad battened
youhad battened
theyhad battened

Conditional

Present

Iwould batten
youwould batten
he;she;itwould batten
wewould batten
youwould batten
theywould batten

Perfect

Iwould have battened
youwould have battened
he;she;itwould have battened
wewould have battened
youwould have battened
theywould have battened

Imperative

youbatten
weLet's batten
youbatten

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam battening
youare battening
he;she;itis battening
weare battening
youare battening
theyare battening

Perfect

Ihave been battening
youhave been battening
he;she;ithas been battening
wehave been battening
youhave been battening
theyhave been battening

Past

Iwas battening
youwere battening
he;she;itwas battening
wewere battening
youwere battening
theywere battening

Pluperfect

Ihad been battening
youhad been battening
he;she;ithad been battening
wehad been battening
youhad been battening
theyhad been battening

Future

Iwill be battening
youwill be battening
he;she;itwill be battening
wewill be battening
youwill be battening
theywill be battening

Future Perfect

Iwill have been battening
youwill have been battening
he;she;itwill have been battening
wewill have been battening
youwill have been battening
theywill have been battening

Conditional

Present

Iwould be battening
youwould be battening
he;she;itwould be battening
wewould be battening
youwould be battening
theywould be battening

Perfect

Iwould have been battening
youwould have been battening
he;she;itwould have been battening
wewould have been battening
youwould have been battening
theywould have been battening

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'batten'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'batten'

battel, batter, fatten, patten, ratten, atren, attend, atter, badden, balden,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to make better
ameliorate, amend, better, enhance, improve, meliorate
fasten
secure, tie

Antonyms

fasten
unfasten, loosen, loose, release

Additional Information

Etymology

1. The verb is derived from Middle English *battenen, *batnen, of North Germanic origin, probably from Old Norse batna (“to grow better, improve, recover”), from Proto-Germanic *batnaną (“to become better, improve”) (compare Old Norse bati (“advantage, improvement”), from Proto-Germanic *batô (“improvement, recovery”)), from *bataz (“good”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰed- (“good”). Compare battle (“(adjective) improving; fattening, nutritious; fertile, fruitful; (verb) to feed or nourish; to render (land, etc.) fertile or fruitful”) (obsolete).
2. The adjective is probably derived from the verb.
3. Cognates
4. * Dutch baten (“to avail, benefit, profit”)
5. * Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌰𐍄𐌽𐌰𐌽 (gabatnan, “to benefit, profit”)
6. * Icelandic batna (“to improve, recover”)
7. * Old English batian (“to get better, recover”) See: Proto-Germanic '*batnaną', Dutch 'baten', Icelandic 'batna', Old English 'batian'.

Verbs referencing "batten"

German, old spelling batten.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] out of the pulpit, and pointing downward with his right hand: ‘From below ! ’ — starting back again, and looking at the sailors before him: ‘From below, my brethren. From under the hatches of sin, battened down above you by the evil one. That 's where you came from ! ’ — a walk up and down the pulpit: ‘and where are you going’—stopping abruptly: ‘where are you going ? Aloft ! ’ — very softly, and [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)