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Definition of Beaten

Beaten

  1. of Beat
  2. Made smooth by beating or treading; worn by use.
  3. Vanquished; conquered; baffled.
  4. Exhausted; tired out.
  5. Become common or trite; as, a beaten phrase.
  6. Tried; practiced.

Beaten Quotations

Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored.
Abraham Lincoln

If a man can... make a better mousetrap, the world will make a beaten path to his door.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

If you can't beat them, arrange to have them beaten.
George Carlin

Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I could have possibly beaten Senator McCain in the primary. Then I could have been the candidate who lost to Barack Obama.
Mitt Romney
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Beaten Translations

beaten in French is abattue, abattues, battus, battues, battue, battu
beaten in German is geschlagen, geschlagen, ausgeklopft
beaten in Italian is picchiato
beaten in Latin is vapulus
beaten in Swedish is slagit

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