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2. An insane person; a madman; a bedlamite.

3. One of an extinct English order of monks.

Be*thought" (&?;), imp. & p. p. of Bethink.

Be*thrall" (&?;), v. t. To reduce to thralldom; to inthrall. [Obs.] Spenser.

Be*thumb" (&?;), v. t. To handle; to wear or soil by handling; as books. Poe.

Be*thump" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bethumped (&?;), or Bethumpt; p. pr. & vb. n. Bethumping.] To beat or thump soundly. Shak.

Be*tide" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Betided (&?;), Obs. Betid (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Betiding.] [OE. bitiden; pref. bi-, be- + tiden, fr. AS. tdan, to happen, fr. td time. See Tide.] To happen to; to befall; to come to ; as, woe betide the wanderer.

What will betide the few ? Milton.

Be*tide", v. i. To come to pass; to happen; to occur.

A salve for any sore that may betide. Shak.

Shakespeare has used it with of. "What would betide of me ?"

{ Be*time" (&?;), Be*times" (&?;), } adv. [Pref. be- (for by) + time; that is, by the proper time. The -s is an adverbial ending.] 1. In good season or time; before it is late; seasonably; early.

To measure life learn thou betimes. Milton.

To rise betimes is often harder than to do all the day's work. Barrow.

2. In a short time; soon; speedily; forth with.

He tires betimes that spurs too fast betimes. Shak.

Be*ti"tle (&?;), v. t. To furnish with a title or titles; to entitle. [Obs.] Carlyle.

Be*to"ken (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Betokened (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Betokening.] 1. To signify by some visible object; to show by signs or tokens.

A dewy cloud, and in the cloud a bow . . . Betokening peace from God, and covenant new. Milton.

2. To foreshow by present signs; to indicate something future by that which is seen or known; as, a dark cloud often betokens a storm.

Syn. -- To presage; portend; indicate; mark; note.

||Bé`ton" (&?;), n. [F. béton, fr. L. bitumen bitumen.] (Masonry) The French name for concrete; hence, concrete made after the French fashion.

Be*tongue" (&?;), v. t. To attack with the tongue; to abuse; to insult.

Bet"o*ny (&?;), n.; pl. Betonies (&?;). [OE. betony, betany, F. betoine, fr. L. betonica, vettonica.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Betonica (Linn.).

The purple or wood betony (B. officinalis, Linn.) is common in Europe, being formerly used in medicine, and (according to Loudon) in dyeing wool a yellow color.

Be*took" (&?;), imp. of Betake.

Be*torn" (&?;), a. Torn in pieces; tattered.

Be*toss (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Betossed (&?;).] To put in violent motion; to agitate; to disturb; to toss. "My betossed soul." Shak.