beteach
Verb
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Verb
beteach (beteaches, present participle beteaching; past betaught, past participle betaught)
- (transitive, obsolete) To show; point out.
- (transitive, obsolete) To give; hand over; deliver up; yield.
- (transitive, obsolete) To hand over as a trust; intrust; commend, commit (someone), usually as a wish expressed on departing; recommend to the care of; give charge to.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VI:
- So he toke his horse and betaughte hem all to God [...].
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VI:
- (transitive, obsolete) To commit or commend (one), by the expression of a wish, to (God, the devil, etc.).
- to beteach one good day
- (transitive, obsolete) To allot; assign.
- (transitive, obsolete) To teach; instruct.
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