beteach

English

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) To show; point out.
  • (transitive) To give; hand over; deliver up; yield.
  • (transitive) To hand over as a trust; intrust; commend, commit (someone), usually as a wish expressed on departing; recommend to the care of; give charge to.
  • (transitive) To commit or commend (one), by the expression of a wish, to (God, the devil, etc.).
  • (transitive) To allot; assign.
  • (transitive) To teach; instruct.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English betechen inherited from Old English betǣċan (deliver, commend to, hunt, dedicate, show, point out, set apart as, appoint, give orders, pursue, give up to impart, entrust, betroth, make over) prefix from English teach.

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English

teach

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