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▪ I. † beˈtime, bitime, v. Obs.
[f. bi-, be- + time(n to happen: see time v.]
intr. To betide.
a1225Ancr. R. 324 Ȝif sunne bitimeð bi nihte. Ibid. 340 Uorði þet swuch cas, and swuch auenture bitimeð to summe monne. a1225St. Marher. 2 Bitimde umbe stunde þat ter com ut of asie toward antioche þes feondes an foster.
¶ In the following the Folio of 1623 and many editions have be time in two words: the chronology of the verb supports their reading.
1588Shakes. L.L.L. iv. iii. 382 No time shall be omitted, That will betime [be time], and may by vs be fitted.
▪ II. † beˈtime, adv. Obs.
Also 3–4 bitime, 4 bityme, 4–6 betyme, 6 bytime, -tyme.
[properly a phrase: ME. bi-, by-time, i.e. by time.]
1. In good time, early, seasonably.
a1300Cursor M. 4321 Bettur it es bi-time to stint þan folu þi prai þat es bot tint. c1385Chaucer L.G.W. 452 ffor who so ȝeuyth a ȝifte or doth a grace, Do it be tyme his thank is wel the more. 1509Hawes Conv. Swearers 20 Amende by tyme lest I take vengeaunce. 1595Shakes. John iv. iii. 98 Put vp thy sword betime. a1632Bp. M. Smyth Serm. 274 She was very betime..lewd or naught.
2. spec. At an early hour, early in the day.
c1250Gen. & Ex. 1088 Elles sulen he brennen and forfaren, If he ne bi time heðe[n] waren. a1300K. Horn 965 For ischal beo þer bitime, A soneday bi pryme. 1558Warde Alexis' Secr. (1568) 42 a, In the morninge betime take some of the foresaied preservatives. 1606Shakes. Ant. & Cl. iv. iv. 20 To businesse that we loue, we rise betime. 1630E. Pagitt Christianogr. iii. (1636) 78 Upon Saturday morning betime. |