beteach

B3E1T1E1A1C3H4

verb

To show; point out.

“to beteach one good day”

OriginMiddle English betechen ← Old English betǣċan →
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Meanings

verbbeteach (third-person singular simple present beteaches, present participle beteaching, simple past and past participle betaught)

present singular third person beteaches · participle present beteaching · participle past betaught · past betaught

  1. archaicobsoletetransitiveTo show; point out.
  2. archaicobsoletetransitiveTo give; hand over; deliver up; yield.
  3. archaicobsoletetransitiveTo hand over as a trust; entrust; commend, commit (someone), usually as a wish expressed on departing; recommend to the care of; give charge to.

    So he toke his horse and betaughte hem all to God [...].

    1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VI
  4. archaicobsoletetransitiveTo commit or commend (one), by the expression of a wish, to (God, the devil, etc.).

    to beteach one good day

  5. archaicobsoletetransitiveTo allot; assign.
  6. archaicobsoletetransitiveTo teach; instruct.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
hand over

Origin

  1. Old Englishbetǣċan“to make over, give up to impart, deliver, entrust, commend to, betroth, appoint (for), set apart as, dedicate, show, point out, give orders, pursue, hunt”
  2. Middle Englishbetechen
  3. Englishbeteach

From Middle English betechen, from Old English betǣċan (“to make over, give up to impart, deliver, entrust, commend to, betroth, appoint (for), set apart as, dedicate, show, point out, give orders, pursue, hunt”), corresponding to be- + teach.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with beteach

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Anagrams

becheat
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Chicago

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