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Bethink: Definition and part of speech

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Bethink

  1. v. i. To think; to recollect; to consider.
  2. v. t. To call to mind; to recall or bring to recollection, reflection, or consideration; to think; to consider; — generally followed by a reflexive pronoun, often with of or that before the subject of thought.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bethlehem: Definition and part of speech

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Bethlehem

  1. n. In the Ethiopic church, a small building attached to a church edifice, in which the bread for the eucharist is made.
  2. n. A hospital for lunatics; — corrupted into bedlam.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bethlemite: Definition and part of speech

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Bethlemite

  1. n. One of an extinct English order of monks.
  2. n. An inhabitant of Bethlehem in Judea.
  3. n. An insane person; a madman; a bedlamite.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Betake: Definition and part of speech

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Betake

  1. v. t. To commend or intrust to; to commit to.
  2. v. t. To take or seize.
  3. v. t. To have recourse to; to apply; to resort; to go; — with a reflexive pronoun.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.