Etymology

tobeat

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Today it means: To beat excessively. Full definition →

Middle English tobeten ← Old English tōbēatan
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  1. Old English · inherited fromtōbēatan“to beat severely, beat to death”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromtobeten
  3. English todaytobeat

From Middle English tobeten, from Old English tōbēatan (“to beat severely, beat to death”), equivalent to to- + beat.

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