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Bote

//boʊt// noun

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Noun

1
Atonement, compensation, amends, satisfaction; as, manbote, a compensation for a man slain. countable, historical, uncountable
2
A privilege or allowance of necessaries, especially in feudal times. countable, historical, uncountable
3
A right to take wood from property not one's own. countable, historical, uncountable

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Middle English bōte (“advantage, benefit, profit; relief, salvation; atonement, amends, expiation; cure”), from Old English bōt (“help, relief, advantage, remedy; compensation for an injury or wrong; (peace) offering, recompense, amends, atonement, reformation, penance, repentance”), from Proto-West Germanic *bōtu, from Proto-Germanic *bōtō (“recompense”). Doublet of boot (inherited from the same Middle English word).

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