Betrim

//bɪˈtɹɪm// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To trim (“decorate”); to adorn, deck, or embellish. dated, transitive

    "Thy bankes with pioned, and twilled brims / Which ſpungie Aprill, at thy heſt betrims; / To make cold Nymphes chaſt crownes; […]"

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adornapparelarraybeautifybedeckcommend

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"Thy bankes with pioned, and twilled brims / Which ſpungie Aprill, at thy heſt betrims; / To make cold Nymphes chaſt crownes; […]"

Etymology

From be- (prefix meaning ‘about; around’) + trim.

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