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† to-ˈbeat, v. Obs.
[OE. tobéatan, f. to-2 + béatan, beat v.1 So MHG. ze-, zerbôȥen.]
trans. To beat to pieces, to destroy by beating (OE.); to beat severely, belabour, thrash. Often emphasized by all (all C. 14). Also absol. or intr.
c893K. ælfred Oros. iv. xiii. §3, & Scipia het ealle þa burᵹ toweorpan, & ælcne hiewestan tobeatan. a1122O.E. Chron. an. 1009 (Laud MS.) Þa com him swilc wind onᵹean..and þa scipo ða ealle to beot. a1250Owl & Night. 1610 An euer euch man..me mid stone and lugge þreteþ, An me to-busteþ and to-beteþ. 1390Gower Conf. I. 283 Mi wofull harte is so tobete. a1425Cursor M. 1846 (Trin.) Þe wawes to bote bifore & bihynde. 1494Fabyan Chron. v. cxxii. 99 He was all to betyn and arrayed in moost vyle maner. |