English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Bete
(v. t.)
To better; to mend. See Beete.
Bete
(v. t.)
To renew or enkindle (a fire).
Bete
(v. t.)
To mend; to repair.
Something especially hated or dreaded; a bugbear.
Beteela
(n.)
An East India muslin, formerly used for cravats, veils,
etc.
Beteem
(a.)
To give ; to bestow; to grant; to accord; to consent.
Beteem
(a.)
To allow; to permit; to suffer.
Betel
(n.)
A species of pepper (Piper betle), the leaves of which are
chewed, with the areca or betel nut and a little shell lime, by the
inhabitants of the East Indies. It is a woody climber with ovate
many-nerved leaves.
The nutlike seed of the areca palm, chewed in the East
with betel leaves (whence its name) and shell lime.
Betelguese
(n.)
A bright star of the first magnitude, near one shoulder
of Orion.
A highly elastic wood, used for fishing rods, etc.
The tree is unknown, but it is thought to be East Indian.
Bethel
(n.)
A place of worship; a hallowed spot.
Bethel
(n.)
A chapel for dissenters.
Bethel
(n.)
A house of worship for seamen.
Bethink
(v. t.)
To call to mind; to recall or bring to recollection,
reflection, or consideration; to think; to consider; -- generally
followed by a reflexive pronoun, often with of or that before the
subject of thought.
Bethink
(v. i.)
To think; to recollect; to consider.
Bethinking
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Bethink
Bethlehem
(n.)
In the Ethiopic church, a small building attached to a
church edifice, in which the bread for the eucharist is made.
Bethlehem
(n.)
A hospital for lunatics; -- corrupted into bedlam.
Bethlehemite
(n.)
Alt. of Bethlemite