"behelp" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /bɪˈhɛlp/ Forms: behelps [present, singular, third-person], behelping [participle, present], behelped [past], beholp [archaic, dialectal, past], behelped [participle, past], beholpen [archaic, dialectal, participle, past]
Rhymes: -ɛlp Etymology: From be- + help. Cognate with Scots behelpe (“to assist”), West Frisian beholpje, Dutch behelpen (“to make do”), German behelfen (“to manage”). Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|be|help}} be- + help, {{cog|sco|behelpe||to assist}} Scots behelpe (“to assist”), {{cog|fy|beholpje}} West Frisian beholpje, {{cog|nl|behelpen||to make do}} Dutch behelpen (“to make do”), {{cog|de|behelfen||to manage}} German behelfen (“to manage”) Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=beholp|past2_qual=archaic, dialectal|past_ptc2=beholpen|past_ptc2_qual=archaic, dialectal}} behelp (third-person singular simple present behelps, present participle behelping, simple past behelped or (archaic, dialectal) beholp, past participle behelped or (archaic, dialectal) beholpen)
  1. (transitive, archaic) To help (with); give aid or assistance to. Tags: archaic, transitive
    Sense id: en-behelp-en-verb-sFTqEf5C Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with be-

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          "ref": "1713, The records of the Swedish Lutheran churches at Raccoon and Penns Neck",
          "text": "But we live in a good hope of better times and then, hopefully, will this dessign be excuted; Meanwhile I must behelp myself with this boock, so, as I have found it, and so as it is."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1933, Hugo von Waldeyer-Hartz, Admiral von Hipper",
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          "ref": "1961, John Reeves, A beach of strangers: an excursion",
          "text": "Filthiness is in their skirts (Lamentations I) and woe behelp them at the second coming. Alleluia.",
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        "(transitive, archaic) To help (with); give aid or assistance to."
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      "ipa": "/bɪˈhɛlp/"
    },
    {
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          "ref": "1933, Hugo von Waldeyer-Hartz, Admiral von Hipper",
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        "To help (with); give aid or assistance to."
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        "(transitive, archaic) To help (with); give aid or assistance to."
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    {
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