bathen
Appearance
Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old English baþian, from Proto-West Germanic *baþōn, from Proto-Germanic *baþōną; equivalent to bath + -en (infinitival suffix). Compare bethen.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]bathen (third-person singular simple present batheth, present participle bathende, bathynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle bathed)
- To put or cover in water:
- To bath or wash (especially for medicinal reasons)
- To dip; to quickly immerse someone.
- To shower or drench something or someone (usually in liquid).
- 1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “Here Bygynneth the Book of the Tales of Caunt́burẏ”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 2, recto:
- Whan that Auerill wt his shoures soote / The droghte of march hath ꝑced to the roote / And bathed euery veyne in swich lycour / Of which v̄tu engendred is the flour […]
- When that April, with its sweet showers / Has pierced March's drought to the root / And bathed every vein in fluid such that / with its power, the flower is made […]
- To bathe; to have a bath or immerse oneself in liquid:
- Synonym: bethen
- To enjoy or relax in something; to benefit from something.
- (rare) To immerse, steep, or absorb.
- (rare) To swim; to move in water.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of bathen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “bāthen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-16.
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- enm:Bathing
- enm:Medicine