Beturn

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To turn round or about. ambitransitive, archaic
  2. 2
    To turn around; turn back; return. ambitransitive, archaic, reflexive

    "To their advises the disdaineful hart / Of this audacious youth beturning plies, […]"

Example

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"To their advises the disdaineful hart / Of this audacious youth beturning plies, […]"

Etymology

From Middle English biturnen, from Old English *beturnian, betyrnan (“to turn around; bend the knee, prostrate oneself”), equivalent to be- + turn.

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turn back

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