betee
English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To draw over (as a covering); cover; veil.
- (transitive) To pull or tug at.
- (transitive) To employ; spend; bestow (time, pains, etc.)
- (transitive) To bring about; manage; arrange.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English biten inherited from Old English betēon (surround, cover, enclose, accuse, dispose of, bestow, impeach, bequeath) prefix from English tee (lead, proceed, draw).
Origin
English
tee
Gloss
lead, proceed, draw
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
鉛
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bite English
- fortee English
- retee English
- tee English
- teebox English
- tii Finnish
- Beziehung German
- beziehen German
- einbeziehen German
- ziehen German
- tee Norwegian Bokmål
- ティー Japanese
- tee Norwegian Nynorsk
- betēon Old English
- bītan Old English
- te Old English
- betowen Middle English
- biten Middle English
- tí Icelandic
- 𐌱𐌹𐍄𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐍄𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌽 Gothic