Beteem
Be‐teem″ (�), v. t. [Pref. be- + an old verb teem to be fitting; cf. D. betamen to beseem, G. ziemen, Goth. gatiman, and E. tame. See Tame, a.] 1. To give; to bestow; to grant; ...
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Betel
Be″tel (bē″t'l), n. [Pg., fr. Tamil veṭṭilei, prop. meaning, a mere leaf.] (Bot.) A species of pepper (Piper betle), the leaves of which are chewed, with the areca or betel nut ...
Betel nut
Be″tel nut′ (�). The nutlike seed of the areca palm, chewed in the East with betel leaves (whence its name) and shell lime.
Betelguese
Bet″el‐guese (bĕt″ĕl‐jēz), n. [F. Bételgeuse, of Arabic origin.] (Astron.) A bright star of the first magnitude, near one shoulder of Orion. [Written also Betelgeux and Betelgeu...
Bethabara wood
Beth‐ab″a‐ra wood′ (�). (Bot.) A highly elastic wood, used for fishing rods, etc. The tree is unknown, but it is thought to be East Indian.
Bethel
Beth″el (�), n. [Heb. b�th-el house of God.] 1. A place of worship; a hallowed spot. S. F. Adams.2. A chapel for dissenters.3. A house of worship for seamen.
Bethink
Be‐think″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Bethought (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Bethinking.] [AS. beþencan; pref. be- + þencan to think. See Think.] To call to mind; to recall or bring to recol...
Bethink (2)
Be‐think″, v. i. To think; to recollect; to consider. “Bethink ere thou dismiss us.” Byron.
Bethlehem
Beth″le‐hem (�), n. [Heb. bēth-lekhem house of food; bēth house + lekhem food, lākham to eat. Formerly the name of a hospital for the insane, in London, which had been the prior...
Bethlehemite
{ Beth″le‐hem‐ite (�), Beth″lem‐ite (�), } n. 1. An inhabitant of Bethlehem in Judea.2. An insane person; a madman; a bedlamite.3. One of an extinct English order of monks.
Bethought
Be‐thought″ (�), imp. & p. p. of Bethink.
Bethrall
Be‐thrall″ (�), v. t. To reduce to thralldom; to inthrall. Spenser.
Bethumb
Be‐thumb″ (�), v. t. To handle; to wear or soil by handling; as books. Poe.
Bethump
Be‐thump″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Bethumped (�), or Bethumpt; p. pr. & vb. n.Bethumping.] To beat or thump soundly. Shak.
Betide
Be‐tide″ (bē̍‐tīd″), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Betided (�), Obs.Betid (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Betiding.] [OE. bitiden; pref. bi-, be- + tiden, fr. AS. tīdan, to happen, fr. tīd time. See T...
Betide (2)
Be‐tide″, v. i. To come to pass; to happen; to occur.A salve for any sore that may betide.Shak.☞ Shakespeare has used it with of. “What would betide of me?”
Betime
{ Be‐time″ (�), Be‐times″ (�), } adv. [Pref. be- (for by) + time; that is, by the proper time. The -s is an adverbial ending.] 1. In good season or time; before it is late; seas...
Betitle
Be‐ti″tle (�), v. t. To furnish with a title or titles; to entitle. Carlyle.
Betoken
Be‐to″ken (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Betokened (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Betokening.] 1. To signify by some visible object; to show by signs or tokens.A dewy cloud, and in the cloud a bo...
Béton
‖Bé′ton″ (�), n. [F. béton, fr. L. bitumen bitumen.] (Masonry) The French name for concrete; hence, concrete made after the French fashion.
Betongue
Be‐tongue″ (�), v. t. To attack with the tongue; to abuse; to insult.
Betony
Bet″o‐ny (�), n.; pl.Betonies (�). [OE. betony, betany, F. betoine, fr. L. betonica, vettonica.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Betonica (Linn.).☞ The purple or wood betony (B. off...
Betook
Be‐took″ (�), imp. of Betake.
Betorn
Be‐torn″ (�), a. Torn in pieces; tattered.
Betoss
Be‐toss (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Betossed (�).] To put in violent motion; to agitate; to disturb; to toss. “My betossed soul.” Shak.
Betrap
Be‐trap″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Betrapped (�).] 1. To draw into, or catch in, a trap; to insnare; to circumvent. Gower.2. To put trappings on; to clothe; to deck.After them fol...
Betray
Be‐tray″ (bē̍‐trā″), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Betrayed (–trād″); p. pr. & vb. n.Betraying.] [OE. betraien, bitraien; pref. be- + OF. traïr to betray, F. trahir, fr. L. tradere. See Tr...