verb
Meaning 1
To show; point out.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, obsolete, transitive
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Standard Lemma guide
beteach
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rhymes with -iːtʃ
verb
Meaning 2
To give; hand over; deliver up; yield.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, obsolete, transitive
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verb
Meaning 3
To hand over as a trust; entrust; commend, commit (someone), usually as a wish expressed on departing; recommend to the care of; give charge to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, obsolete, transitive
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verb
Meaning 4
To commit or commend (one), by the expression of a wish, to (God, the devil, etc.).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, obsolete, transitive
Examples
- to beteach one good day
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verb
Meaning 5
To allot; assign.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, obsolete, transitive
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verb
Meaning 6
To teach; instruct.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, obsolete, transitive
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History
Etymology
From Middle English betechen, from Old English betǣċan (“to make over, give up to impart, deliver, entrust, commend to, betroth, appoint (for), set apart as, dedicate, show, point out, give orders, pursue, hunt”), corresponding to be- + teach.