Part 1080

<p><b>2.</b> <def>In a short time; soon; speedily; forth with.</def>

<blockquote>He tires <b>betimes</b> that spurs too fast betimes. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Betitle</h1> <Xpage=140>

<hw>Be*ti"tle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To furnish with a title or titles; to entitle.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i> Carlyle.</i>

<h1>Betoken</h1> <Xpage=140>

<hw>Be*to"ken</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Betokened</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Betokening</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To signify by some visible object; to show by signs or tokens.</def>

<blockquote>A dewy cloud, and in the cloud a bow . . . <b>Betokening</b> peace from God, and covenant new. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To foreshow by present signs; to indicate something future by that which is seen or known; <as>as, a dark cloud often <ex>betokens</ex> a storm</as>.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- To presage; portend; indicate; mark; note.</syn>

<h1>B\'82ton</h1> <Xpage=140>

<hw>B\'82`ton"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>b\'82ton</ets>, fr. L. <ets>bitumen</ets> bitumen.]</ety> <fld>(Masonry)</fld> <def>The French name for concrete; hence, concrete made after the French fashion.</def>

<h1>Betongue</h1> <Xpage=140>

<hw>Be*tongue"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To attack with the tongue; to abuse; to insult.</def>

<h1>Betony</h1> <Xpage=140>

<hw>Bet"o*ny</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Betonies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[OE. <ets>betony</ets>, <ets>betany</ets>, F. <ets>betoine</ets>, fr. L. <ets>betonica</ets>, <ets>vettonica</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant of the genus <spn>Betonica</spn> (Linn.).</def>

<note>&hand; The purple or wood betony (<spn>B. officinalis</spn>, Linn.) is common in Europe, being formerly used in medicine, and (according to Loudon) in dyeing wool a yellow color.</note>

<h1>Betook</h1> <Xpage=140>

<hw>Be*took"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>imp.</tt> <def>of <er>Betake</er>.</def>

<h1>Betorn</h1> <Xpage=140>

<hw>Be*torn"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Torn in pieces; tattered.</def>

<h1>Betoss</h1> <Xpage=140>

<hw>Be*toss</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Betossed</er> <tt>(#)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To put in violent motion; to agitate; to disturb; to toss.</def> "My <i>betossed</i> soul."

<i> Shak.</i>

<h1>Betrap</h1> <Xpage=140>

<hw>Be*trap"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Betrapped</er> <tt>(#)</tt>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To draw into, or catch in, a trap; to insnare; to circumvent.</def>

<i>Gower.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To put trappings on; to clothe; to deck.</def>