abbatre
Middle French
Alternative forms
- abatre
- abattre
- abbattre
Etymology
Old French abatre.
Verb
abbatre
- to knock down
- 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 64:
- si le ferit si durement qu'il l'abatit a terre
- then he hit him so forcefully that he knocked him to the ground
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Descendants
- French: abattre
References
- abattre on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330-1500) (in French)