betoil

B3E1T1O1I1L1

verb

To worry or exercise with toil.

Scrabble 8

Meanings

verbbetoil (third-person singular simple present betoils, present participle betoiling, simple past and past participle betoiled)

present singular third person betoils · participle present betoiling · participle past betoiled · past betoiled

  1. transitiveTo worry or exercise with toil.

Origin

From be- + toil. Compare Middle Low German betēlen (“to till fields, cultivate”).

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APA

betoil. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/betoil

MLA

“betoil.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/betoil. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “betoil,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/betoil.

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