单词 | beletter |
释义 | beletterv.ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > letter-writing > write (a letter) [verb (transitive)] > write to addressa1325 bepistle1589 beletter1655 epistolize1702 epistle1741 to tip (one) a stave1838 1655 T. Fuller Hist. Univ. Cambr. vii. 126 in Church-hist. Brit. The University Oratour..belettered all the Lords of the Privy-Councill. 2. nonce-word. To decorate with letters (such as F.R.S., Ph.D., etc.) appended to one's name. ΚΠ 1883 Athenæum 19 May 638/3 The mania prevalent among people of more ambition than performance for belettering themselves. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < v.1655 |
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