† betearv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To suffuse with tears.
Derivatives
beˈteared adj.
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the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > lachrymal organs > [adjective] > excretion from eyes
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a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) i. sig. H1 When I lifte my beteard eyes.
1635 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Donzella Desterrada 44 Staring about them with beteared eyes.
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