beturn

B3E1T1U1R1N1

verb

To turn round or about.

OriginMiddle English biturnen ← Old English *beturnian →
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Meanings

verbbeturn (third-person singular simple present beturns, present participle beturning, simple past and past participle beturned)

present singular third person beturns · participle present beturning · participle past beturned · past beturned

  1. ambitransitivearchaicTo turn round or about.
  2. ambitransitivearchaicreflexiveTo turn around; turn back; return.

    To their advises the disdaineful hart / Of this audacious youth beturning plies, […]

    1821, The Retrospective review, and historical and antiquarian magazine

Origin

  1. Old English*beturnian
  2. Middle Englishbiturnen
  3. Englishbeturn

From Middle English biturnen, from Old English *beturnian, betyrnan (“to turn around; bend the knee, prostrate oneself”), equivalent to be- + turn.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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