Part 1077

<blockquote>I'll <b>bet</b> you two to one I'll make him do it. <i>O. W. Holmes.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bet</h1> <Xpage=140>

<hw>Bet</hw>, <def><tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> of <er>Beat</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Bet</h1> <Xpage=140>

<hw>Bet</hw>, <tt>a. & adv.</tt> <def>An early form of <er>Better</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<cs><col>To go bet</col>, <cd>to go fast; to hurry.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></cs>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Betaine</h1> <Xpage=140>

<hw>Be"ta*ine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <ets>beta</ets>, generic name of the beet.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A nitrogenous base, <chform>C5H11NO2</chform>, produced artificially, and also occurring naturally in beetroot molasses and its residues, from which it is extracted as a white crystalline substance; -- called also <altname>lycine</altname> and <altname>oxyneurine</altname>. It has a sweetish taste.</def> <-- not the amino acid lysine -->

<h1>Betake</h1> <Xpage=140>

<hw>Be*take"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp.</tt> <er>Betook</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. p.</tt> <er>Betaken</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Betaking</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Pref. <ets>be-</ets> + <ets>take</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To take or seize.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To have recourse to; to apply; to resort; to go; -- with a reflexive pronoun.</def>

<blockquote>They <b>betook</b> themselves to treaty and submission. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The rest, in imitation, to like arms <b>Betook</b> them. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Whither shall I <b>betake</b> me, where subsist? <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To commend or intrust to; to commit to.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Betaught</h1> <Xpage=140>

<hw>Be*taught"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<tt>a.</tt> <ety>[p. p. of OE. <ets>bitechen</ets>, AS. <ets>bet<?/can</ets>, to assign, deliver. See <er>Teach</er>.]</ety> <def>Delivered; committed in trust.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Bete</h1> <Xpage=140>

<hw>Bete</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To better; to mend. See <er>Beete</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Beteela</h1> <Xpage=140>

<hw>Be*tee"la</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pg. <ets>beatilha</ets>.]</ety> <def>An East India muslin, formerly used for cravats, veils, etc.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Beteem</h1> <Xpage=140>

<hw>Be*teem"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>be-</ets> + an old verb <ets>teem</ets> to be fitting; cf. D. <ets>betamen</ets> to beseem, G. <ets>ziemen</ets>, Goth. <ets>gatiman</ets>, and E. <ets>tame</ets>. See <er>Tame</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To give ; to bestow; to grant; to accord; to consent.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i> Spenser. Milton.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To allow; to permit; to suffer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>