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单词 beletter
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beletterv.

/bɪˈlɛtə/
Etymology: < be- prefix 6 + letter v.
1. transitive. To serve with letters, to write to. Obsolete.
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society > communication > correspondence > letter-writing > write (a letter) [verb (transitive)] > write to
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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.
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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).
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