BETROTHING
BETROTH'ING, participle present tense Contracting to any one, in order to a future marriage, as the father or guardian; contracting with one for a future wife, as the intended h...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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BETROTHMENT
BETROTH'MENT, noun A mutual promise or contract between two parties, for a future marriage between the persons betrothed; espousals.
BETRUST
BETRUST', verb transitive [be and trust.] To entrust; to commit to another in confidence of fidelity; to confide. This is less used than entrust.
BETRUSTED
BETRUST'ED, participle passive Entrusted; confided; committed in trust.
BETRUSTING
BETRUST'ING, participle present tense Entrusting; committing in trust.
BETRUSTMENT
BETRUST'MENT, noun The act of entrusting; the thing entrusted.
BETSO
BET'SO, noun The smallest Venetian coin.
BETTER
BET'TER, a comparative of bet. See Best.]1. Having good qualities in a greater degree than another; applied to physical, acquired or moral qualities; as a better soil, a better ...
BETTERED
BET'TERED, participle passive Improved; meliorated; made better.
BETTERING
BET'TERING, participle present tense Making better; improving.
BETTERING-HOUSE
BETTERING-HOUSE, noun A house for the reformation of offenders.
BETTOR
BET'TOR, noun [from bet.] One who bets or lays a wager.
BETTY
BET'TY, noun [Supposed to be a cant word from the name of a maid; but qu. is it not from the root of beat or Latin peto?]An instrument to break open doors.
BETUMBLED
BETUM'BLED, adjective [be and tumble.] Rolled about; tumbled; disordered.
BETWEEN
BETWEE'N, preposition1. In the intermediate space, without regard to distance; as, New York is between Boston and Philadelphia; the Delaware river runs between Pennsylvania and ...
BETWIXT
BETWIXT', preposition1. Between; in the space that separates two persons or things; as, betwixt two oaks.2. Passing between; from one to another, noting intercourse. [See Between.]
BEVEL
BEV'EL, nounAmong masons, carpenters, joiners, etc., an instrument, or kind of square, one leg of which is frequently crooked, according to the sweep of an arch or vault. It is ...
BEVELED
BEV'ELED, participle passive Formed to a bevel angle.
BEVELING
BEV'ELING, participle present tense Forming to a bevel angle.BEV'ELING, adjective Curving; bending from a right line.BEV'ELING, noun A hewing of timber with a proper and regular...
BEVELMENT
BEV'ELMENT, noun In mineralogy, bevelment supposes the removal of two contiguous segments from the edges, angles or terminal faces of the predominant form, thereby producing two...
BEVER
BEV'ER, noun A collation or small repast between meals. [Not used.]BEV'ER, verb intransitive To take a small repast between meals.
BEVERAGE
BEV'ERAGE, noun [Latin bibo;] Drink; liquor for drinking. It is generally used of a mixed liquor. Nectar is called the beverage of the gods.In the middle ages, beverage beveragi...
BEVILE
BEV'ILE, noun [See Bevel.] In heraldry, a thing broken or opening, like a carpenter's bevel.
BEVY
BEV'Y, noun [I know not the origin or affinities of this word. The etymologies I have seen are not worth notice.]A flock of birds; hence, a company; an assembly or collection of...
BEWAIL
BEWA'IL, verb transitive [be and wail.] To bemoan; to lament; to express sorrow for. It expresses deep sorrow; as, to bewail the loss of a child.The true penitent bewails his in...
BEWAILABLE
BEWA'ILABLE, adjective That may be lamented.
BEWAILED
BEWA'ILED, participle passive Lamented; bemoaned.